Letter: San Juan County didn’t invent discrimination, but it did perpetuate it

Utah state Rep. Phil Lyman writes, “San Juan County didn’t create institutionalized discrimination of Native Americans.”That may be. But San Juan County spent $1.1 million of taxpayer dollars aggressively defending a system that disenfranchised the Navajo and disproportionately favored white candidates.There have been three lawsuits against the county, each with the goal to allow the Navajo residents in San Juan County to meaningfully participate in government. About 52% of the