Opinion

“It is difficult to understand the rational for HB 2023. The idea of a democratic government is to encourage all to participate in government by voting – make it easier to vote.”

I’m an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation and I’m currently incarcerated in an Arizona state prison in Florence, Arizona.

About four years ago on July 21, 2012, my best friend, my late little brother Lyman Yellowhorse was murdered in Sanders, Arizona. He was 26 years old.

Some of those who supported his initial appointment to replace former state Sen. Jack Jackson Jr., (despite his inexperience), thought that with his eagerness he would acquire the skills and experience the Navajo Nation and other Indian tribes need to unite and become stronger politically (this has not happened).

The Bluff Road in Shiprock, New Mexico continues to cause stress to people and damage to vehicles as it remains neglected and long overdue for maintenance of any type.