SALT LAKE CITY — SME Steel President Dieter Klohn said he is taken aback by the furor that’s erupted over a letter the company sent to Utah Jazz owner Gail Miller expressing concern over the actions of players and team management in support of the Black Lives Matter movement and other racial equality efforts.
Klohn, whose West Jordan-based company has been a suite holder at Vivint Arena going back to 1992 just a year after the venue’s opening as the Delta Center, did not equivocate on the content of the Sept. 9 letter in an interview with the Deseret news Thursday.