The accidental politician: From racist attack to leader of a community

Lee Wong has come a long way from being "angry at the world" to the leader of an affluent suburb that has made it onto Money Magazine's list of the 50 "Best Places to Live" in the United States seven times.

Wong is serving his fourth term as president of the board of trustees of West Chester, north of Cincinnati, Ohio. The position is equivalent to mayor in an incorporated city with a population of 66,000, a median family income of $100,260, a 94 percent high school graduation rate and a projected job growth rate of 4.48 percent for the next five years

He plans to run for one more four-year term to take his public service career to 20 years.