Dear Editors:
I would like to respond to senatorial candidate Gaylord Sprauve's well-intentioned suggestion that the "complexion" of a potential judge be taken into consideration when choosing among equally qualified candidates in order to achieve "balance."
Were I in that select group of candidates for Territorial Court Judge, I personally would not wish to have my complexion or ethnic background enter into the equation at all. My educational background, my history in the court system, perceptions of my fairmindedness and/or color-blindness, my wisdom even. But my skin or my parents? Don't choose me by that.
What have I done with my opportunities? Choose me by that alone, please.
Elaine Penn
St. John
