The Republican Party is masterful in using euphemisms, Orwellianisms and distortion to confuse voters. They could do the honorable thing and tell the truth. They attack diversity, equity and inclusion.…
On the Fourth of July, this quote from the original Declaration of Independence should be read aloud at every 250th anniversary celebration – to illustrate how we have drifted back…
The country in which I love you isn’t one of Beemers and Champagne brunches so much as of coveralls and sack lunches, of work gloves, goggles, and such. Nor is…
As reported by numerous credible news sources, the Trump administration has put $352 million in federal tax dollars – yours and mine – into one of the most unnecessary, irresponsible…
I see that Donald Trump is having issues with the reflecting pool and green algae. After spending some $14 million of our money, it shows what a no-bid contract with…
Your Fourth of July article online June 29 about activities in the Four Corners included every community in the area – except Bayfield. The Bayfield parade is one of the…
Imagine how things would be going if Donald Trump had not been reelected. Our economy would be booming. Inflation, gas prices, grocery prices and mortgage rates would be down. According…
I appreciate Susan Atkinson’s commitment to transparency and member engagement. Those are goals I share. After reading her letter (Herald, June 19), I reviewed LPEA’s posted board meeting agendas dating…
As the Boulder County district attorney, Michael Dougherty has brought sensible and reasonable justice reforms to Boulder County by developing problem-solving courts, diversion programs, the state’s first Domestic Violence Acute…
There has never been a betrayal of the public trust like the one Congress is about to perpetrate on the American people. The Armed Services Committee has included in the…
Growing up in Durango, our parents and adults in the community shared an ethic: You don’t lie, brag, bully, swear or call names. Our father, a conservative Republican, World War…
I have come to the conclusion that we are moving from a democracy to a new kind of government called dollarocracy – when a government of the people, by the…
I belong to the mountains, I listen to the clouds, All the while asking for rain. Bill Frederick Durango
When the Gold King Mine spill turned the Animas River orange in 2015, our community was reeling. Within days, Sen. Bennet was on a plane and on the ground in…
I am deeply offended by Donald Trump’s co-opting of the Fourth of July for his own personal celebrations, renaming it Freedom 250. I am related to individuals who were involved…
When I was 18 years old, I raised my right hand and swore an oath to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States from all enemies, foreign and…
When I stopped in Dolores as part of my By The People Tour, I came to learn directly from the people who live here about what is working, what isn’t,…
We are absolutely appalled by Sen. Michael Bennet, and we say that as lifelong Democrats who worked hard to get him elected to the Senate in 2010, 2016 and 2022.…
The Herald’s endorsement of Phil Weiser for governor was spot on (Herald, June 8). Phil will be a great governor. Sen. Michael Bennet has two years remaining in his third…
Our country is facing one of the most dangerous moments in its modern history. Every day, we seem to drift further from the democratic principles that have guided us for…
I spent 30 years working on public land issues in Colorado, and in that time, no one came close to the work Sen. Michael Bennet did to protect our beloved…
Our democracy is threatened. Our social institutions and legal guardrails have been critically damaged. Our next governor must be equipped to address these challenges over the next eight years, long…
The opinion column by former U.S. Sen. Tim Wirth was convincing (Herald, June 19). Colorado loses a lot if Sen. Michael Bennet – only two years since his reelection to…
You’ve received your primary ballot in the mail. Please vote – it is so important for saving our democracy. If you are unaffiliated, you received both a Democratic and Republican…
Comparing Phil Weiser’s and Sen. Michael Bennet’s work on Colorado’s behalf, there is no doubt that Weiser has done far more for Colorado and knows it far better. Weiser has…
Ballots were mailed June 8 across Colorado – and the people casting them now are determining who will appear on the November ballot. That deserves more attention than it usually…
In 2021, my business, EsoTerra Ciders, Wines and Arboretum, was based in Dolores. One warm Saturday morning, a man appeared with his dog in our sales room. He said he…
