Willie Brown, a California political legend as Assembly speaker and San Francisco mayor, in today’s San Francisco Chronicle asks about Governor Jerry Brown’s appointment of Washington, D.C., resident Leondra Kruger to the Supreme Court, “Were there no qualified African Americans in California?”
This “carpetbagger” argument has never resonated strongly with me. Being a local is a factor, but it’s not near the top of my list. There shouldn’t be geographical limits on the size of the talent pool.
