Gov. Gary Herbert has once again demonstrated a callous lack of leadership and egregious partisanship.
His deflection to the Davis County Health Department to enforce state COVID-19 orders in response to Kaysville Mayor Kathy Witt, a Republican, openly defying these orders is putting us all at risk.
When Salt Lake Mayor Jenny Wilson, a Democrat, asked for the county to remain under orange orders to protect citizens in one of Utah’s hardest hit counties, Herbert refused.
The governor is willing to risk the lives of Utahns to please his Republican friends. He makes Donald Trump proud.
Andrea Globokar, Salt Lake City
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