Brown’s Judge Appointments
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I note with interest your story on political contributions made by some judicial appointees of former Gov. Jerry Brown 10 years or more ago (April 5).
Many of your readers, I’m sure, would appreciate reading a similar story about permissible legal political contributions made by judicial appointees of Govs. George Deukmejian and Pete Wilson to Republican candidates and causes during the past decade.
ROBERT WEIL
Superior Court Judge, Retired
Los Angeles
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