Wednesday, April 28, 2010

The California Majority Report // Ex-Phoenix Sun, Sacramento Mayor Urges Arizona Boycott over Immigration Law

The California Majority Report // Ex-Phoenix Sun, Sacramento Mayor Urges Arizona Boycott over Immigration Law

Ex-Phoenix Sun, Sacramento Mayor Urges Arizona Boycott over Immigration Law

Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson today will move to sever the city's economic ties with Arizona in the wake of the state's new immigration law. Johnson wrote a personal note on his blog today: It's here in the entirety:


I've never said much about this, but there was deep personal sadness when I was traded from the Cleveland Cavaliers to the Phoenix Suns in February 1988.


The trouble had no connection with basketball. I was ashamed of my new state for another reason: A year before