Nevada governor goes to bat for Columbus

Robert M. Ferrito, national president of the Order Sons and Daughters of Italy in America’s Commission for Social Justice, sent a letter of thanks to Nevada Governor Joseph Lombardo, who vetoed a bill that would have formally replaced Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day in the state’s calendar. “We believe in diversity and tolerance by addition, not by subtraction or substitution,” Ferrito wrote. “We urge you to continue supporting Italian Americans and our heritage in this battle that has been unjustly thrust upon us, and we also urge and fully support you to recognize the contributions Native Americans made to this great nation and your city on a day other than Columbus Day.”