Finally, The Tribune is stepping up to lend aid to the struggle (I avoid using the term “fight”) to maintain the two national monuments under assault by the Trump administration. At last the Tribune is making its voice heard. Too bad more of that support was not expressed prior to the heavily slanted and San Juan County-controlled visit by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, when it might have made a difference.
The Dec. 7 editorial, “Ugly Utah,” highlights reasons why the Trump decision is so abhorrent: that the white guys who rule in San Juan County have been under the illusion that the lands in question are inherently theirs to dominate, that the heritage of Native Americans takes second place, with the concerns of U.