Phil Lyman, a controversial state legislator from San Juan County, with a proven disregard for the public lands, is running for re-election. And he ‘s already figured out how to minimize his chance of losing.
He submitted a bill to abolish our system of mail-in balloting, a system that’s served us Utahns well for, what, 20 years or more. But why would he do that?
His political opponent is a Navajo woman, Davina Smith. The likelihood of large numbers of Navajos driving long distances across that sprawling reservation to cast a ballot in person is not very good.
Clever, very clever Phil. But also very undemocratic and a little too transparent, even for you.
M. Jensen Ogden, North Ogden