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Not quite protecting democracy

In the last election cycle, a number of La Plata County Democrats wrote letters to the editor claiming that they were protecting democracy. Not quite true. In fighting at the state level to ...

DATE: Nov 29, 2024 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Thanks for words of encouragement

To whomever recently wrote the many encouraging and uplifting words in sidewalk chalk on the river walk between the library and pedestrian bridge, thank you. I needed that! Derrick Marti...

DATE: Nov 27, 2024 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

No excuses for unprofessional people, practices

I am appalled upon reading the forensic auditor’s statements regarding Visit Durango as presented by the city and the Herald in print on Nov. 24. As an auditor with more than 25 years exper...

DATE: Nov 27, 2024 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Addressing the America First Agenda and the need for constructive dialogue

Response to Steve Self’s letter to the editor titled “We must defy sellout” (Friday, Nov. 22): Steve, while it’s no surprise that you, as a registered Democrat, oppose President Donald Trum...

DATE: Nov 26, 2024 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Something we can all get behind

I believe that one bipartisian bill that all of us (maybe not the big corporations) could agree on is that there should be no Christmas advertising, sales, incentives, promotions, specials, ...

DATE: Nov 26, 2024 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Who are the homeless?

I have interacted with homeless folks for several years. I have listened to community talk and I have read the Herald reports of community comments about homeless. As a licensed psychologis...

DATE: Nov 26, 2024 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Leadership should be caring, competent

Should Donald Trump be successful with his deportation plan, the wave of inflation we’ve just been through will seem easy. We don’t have enough workers to fill all the job openings in Durang...

DATE: Nov 26, 2024 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Fluoridation: True and false

True: Fluoride is a naturally occurring mineral. False: The fluoride used in Durango is natural. In Durango, we add the toxic, unpurified, industrial waste product from aluminum manufacturin...

DATE: Nov 22, 2024 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Neutrality and harmony in our schools

As a retired 9-R educator with 30 years of elementary teaching experience, I write in support of a policy prohibiting the display of political symbols in 9-R schools, except at authorized ev...

DATE: Nov 22, 2024 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

We must defy sellout

I heard a comment that Trump and MAGA are the new normal. In every way, 100%, no. I aim to defy them at every step. The corporate media equivocate and normalize, a monstrous disloyalty to ev...

DATE: Nov 22, 2024 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Democrats deserve better from their leaders

I found the opinion piece by the former chairman of La Plata County Democrats tone deaf in the extreme. The first half detailed all the accomplishments of the Biden administration that the m...

DATE: Nov 22, 2024 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

People over party

The notion that independents or extremists within the party cost Democrats the election is absurd. While Republicans have certainly followed their extremists to the far right, Democrats have...

DATE: Nov 19, 2024 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Photos: Fashion at its bestSnowdown Fashion Do’s and Don’ts

Snowdown Fashion Do’s and Don’ts

Photos: Snowdown on SaturdaySnowdown’s Canine Fashion Show and Outlaw Josie Pete’s Golf

Snowdown’s Canine Fashion Show and Outlaw Josie Pete’s Golf

Photos: Snowdown Rock-em-Sock-em Snowbots pillow fights

Snowdown Light Parade can boast another successful yearLights flashed, fire trucks wailed and a foam cannon spewed suds

Bright lights, screaming fire trucks and children bundled up so thoroughly it seemed like an army of Michelin men had taken over downtown Durango. Yep. It’s the much anticipated Snowdown light parade, this year distinguished by a crowd of onlookers peppered with scrabble tiles, Clue characters and playing cards.

Locals flocked to Main Avenue on Friday to get a look (and maybe a Smartie or two) at the floats parading through town on various, creatively decorated vehicles. There were some obvious standouts at this year’s board game-themed parade. After a fire truck’s opening sirens came the Purgatory car, toting a brightly lit ski bum moonlighting as a DJ, likely giving the women of Durango some unpleasant déjà vu. Best dressed had to go to the Colorado Department of Transportation’s bulldozer, wearing the most believable Hungry Hungry Hippos costume seen yet. Biggest crowd pleaser? The dancers boogieing to Chappell Roan’s “HOT TO GO!” while the crowd sang and wiggled along. But what got the biggest rise out of the onlookers was the white plumes of motorcycle exhaust, courtesy of the Harley-Davidson club. The smell of burning octane was a convincing enough reason for people to briefly unclutch the rails and step away from their coveted positions at the front of the fence. Last but not least, another machine spewing its interior into the crowd: a foam cannon, the first one to make an appearance in the history of Snowdown. Much better received than exhaust, it extracted gleeful screams from kids and adults alike. jbowman@durangoherald.com