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About a decade ago, I became obsessed with April Bloomfield’s short-lived NYC eatery, Salvation Burger.

Outside spending for Chang came from a political action committee anchored by retired businessman Bill Bloomfield, who, by himself, poured in about $4.9 million of more than $5.4 million, according to recent filings.

"I've thought before that it was a harder job than the presidency," Lincoln Bloomfield, who served in the Pentagon under Presidents George W Bush and Ronald Reagan, told the BBC.

The top funders of independent campaigns on behalf of Chang are retired businessman Bill Bloomfield and California Charter Schools Association Advocates.

Bloomfield has become, in recent elections, the major nonunion funding source standing in opposition to the teachers union.