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...morning, as I was getting ready for work, I saw the headline on the front page of The Los Angeles Times: "U.S. Rep. Kim Violated Campaign Finance Laws." It is extremely rare for a congressional representative to be cited in the lead headline of a major paper--especially a freshman--and so I read on with great interest about my namesake's wrongdoings...
...summarize, Representative Jay Kim illegally transferred about $300,000 from his company to his campaign coffers, failed to report these expenditures, brought his firm to the verge of bankruptcy, and left lingering doubts about conflict of interest. His firm competes for government contracts. Jay Kim has been exposed in a most embarrassing way. It is almost a foregone conclusion that he will not win reelection next year...
...When Jay Kim won election, of course many of my acquaintances made cute jokes about my election to Congress. After the series in the Times, I again became the butt of jokes. My colleagues at work served me with a fake subpoena. At a party, a friend made a big show of putting plastic handcuffs on my wrists. And I once again began to get those knowing smiles and astonished looks when I was introduced to strangers...
Lately, these jokes have given way to genuine confusion. In September, one of my friends in California informed me that the daily Orange Country Register had published a story detailing the stances all local representatives held on NAFTA. Under Jay Kim's name was his position (undecided), a quote, and a picture...
...Register had my picture on file from a feature they had done on me a few years earlier and had obviously pulled out the wrong Jay Kim file. I promptly wrote to the Register and informed them that I do support NAFTA and would also be happy to have them publish my positions on a host of other issues if they were interested...