Ed lee was a real person. He was a person that communicated integrity. A love of life. In china, San Franciscos first chineseamerican mayor, he was like a superstar. An icon. But to everyone we met and everywhere we went, mayor lee was like beyonce with the mustache. He had the qualities of a person of whom if you did an interview of all the ones i just spoke about, he would be the only one rated appropriately by the head hunters as to who ought to be mayor. All the rest of us would be considered okay. I think if theres any legacy for ed, life is short. And our wisdom is way too limited to win fleeting victories at other peoples expenses. Eds life was about triumphing together. He knew that a measure of his success, or any public figures success, was not the honors received, but the difference that he made in the lives of regular people in our community. Nothing was too small or too big for him, from stuffing envelopes, to speaking on stage. My dad was happy to do it all. Often until l