Trump does not have a mandate
A mandate? Perhaps not.
Typically, a newly elected president declares they have a mandate because they won the election. But is that an appropriate assumption? Considering the last election,...
Trump was playing golf while kids were drowning
I just watched a video of Donald Trump addressing the people from Texas about the devastation that happened when the Guadalupe River flooded, and took so many lives of children and others.
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DATE: Jul 18, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Speed management solution is simple
While it is somewhat amusing to watch all the fuss about controlling speeding traffic in town, it also absurd. This is not a difficult problem to understand or solve.
The problem with speed...
DATE: Jul 18, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Bennet should stay focused and fight in D.C.
Sen. Michael Bennet has announced he’s ready to be our next state executive, and is trying to run for governor while working full time in a very busy, very difficult Congress.
For progressi...
DATE: Jul 16, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
LPEA board playing politics with subsidies
The article on LPEA election finance was interesting (Herald, June 29). LPEA CEO Chris Hansen tells us that we deliver power to some members at a price below cost. He also tells us that LPEA...
DATE: Jul 16, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Setting the record straight on transparency
The recent editorial, “Our View: Transparency: ‘Behind closed doors’ not uncommon, or illegal, but the public deserves to know of settlements,” (Herald, July 6) misrepresents how Durango Sch...
DATE: Jul 13, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Colorado needs to get rid of TABOR
During the 33 years since TABOR was enacted, the federal government has paid for a lot of things that Colorado needs: Medicare, Medicaid, wildland firefighting, the National Weather Service,...
DATE: Jul 13, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Clyde and Paulette Church made our community better
I am sure Clyde and Paulette Church will retire to enjoying their time with each other. Many in La Plata County and Durango may not know this husband and wife team have elevated the bar of w...
DATE: Jul 13, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Poem to the Editor: The Ice House
In the old days, before
so many had refrigerators,
there were what were called ice houses.
In the summer of 1960, we
visited one in Texas, on the way
to Lake Texoma.
So we today who learned...
DATE: Jul 13, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Rep. Hurd, you voted against your district
Nothing says I am afraid to hear from my constituents like having no staff in your Durango office. I dropped by to express my concerns regarding the “BBB” and there was no one there and no o...
DATE: Jul 13, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Affordable power matters to all local businesses
Your recent coverage of the LPEA election and James Coleman’s donations (Herald, June 29) leaves the misleading impression that Purgatory Resort received special treatment on electric rates....
DATE: Jul 13, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
What keeps me from renewing my subscription
Besides wanting to be better informed about local Durango happenings, I would like to support the local newspaper as a subscriber.
However, I am turned off by the significant political bias....
DATE: Jul 13, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
