Climate legislation a significant transition
Energy components easier on wallets, the planet
DATE: Aug 13, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion
Bill Roberts: Excess lodgers tax revenue
City would get better answers by asking better questions
DATE: Aug 12, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion
Our View: Time to tap Lake Nighthorse
As long as water flows clear, clean and freely from our faucets, we have a false sense of security. We’re removed from any urgency on securing water and building resiliency. Yet, signs that ...
DATE: Aug 10, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion
Our View: ‘Breaking Bad’ statues a little weird. And well-received
“Breaking Bad” lead actor Bryan Cranston said he was humbled, delighted and slightly embarrassed to have statues of his character Walter White and supporting actor Aaron Paul’s Jesse Pinkman...
DATE: Aug 6, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion
Bill Roberts: Bicyclists must respect rules of road
‘Should be treated no differently than misbehaving motorists’
DATE: Aug 5, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion
Our View: School leaders need PERA compromise
As rural schools struggle with teacher shortages, we need all capable hands on deck. Recent House bills signed into law helped retired teachers and other employees return to work without a r...
DATE: Aug 3, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion
Our View: Spend excess revenue on new purposes
It’s a good problem to have roughly $1.2 million, the equivalent of two years’ worth of excess lodgers tax revenue, to either refund to residents or keep and spend. City Council has asked fo...
DATE: Jul 30, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion
Bill Roberts: Dolphin program brings new perception
For more than 60 years, the U.S. Navy has used dolphins to detect underwater mines. It is a successful and cost-effective program that is now threatened by budget cuts. It is a threat made a...
DATE: Jul 29, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion
Our View: Survivalist companies profit off fears
Have the Jan. 6 hearings galvanized the already prolific marketing for 4Patriots, the survivalist company out of Nashville? 4Patriots’ ads popped up everywhere soon after the attack on the C...
DATE: Jul 27, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion
Our View: Pulling plug on city’s broadcasts reasonable
Following a June 25 story in The Durango Herald on the City of Durango potentially scrapping its DGOV broadcast services, one commenter wrote: “Lip service to transparency is just that.”
Tra...
DATE: Jul 23, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion
Our View: Who exactly is Heidi Ganahl?
It’s a bit of a surprise that Heidi Ganahl, Colorado’s Republican nominee for governor, selected an election denier as her running mate. Navy veteran and business consultant Danny Moore was ...
DATE: Jul 23, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion
