Background on John Chiang

Here's a story about John Chiang that Gene wrote a couple weeks ago when Chiang was battling Gov. Schwarzenegger over paycuts for state employees. Here's an excerpt:

Chiang (pronounced Chung), 46, is no firebrand. He has long been a Democratic activist, but his policy interests tend toward issues like financial literacy and small-business tax credits. "I tend to be I like to call it `thoughtful,"' said Chiang, who began his career as a tax law specialist with the Internal Revenue Service. "Some people will say `technical' and `detailed.' It's the meat and potatoes of making improvement in people's lives."

The son of Taiwanese immigrants, Chiang graduated from the University of South Florida with a degree in finance and received his law degree from the Georgetown University Law Center.