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Employees abused city’s gift of free parking

The Herald (Dec. 23) had an interesting story headlined “Free parking downtown not loved by all.” I was in Durango during the free-parking period and was amazed that the merchants allowed th...

Support bipartisan Hermosa Creek bill

Congratulations to all the people and organizations (more than 40!) that collaborated to put the Hermosa Creek Watershed Protection Act on the table in both chambers of Congress. Sen. Michae...

New year will see property tax changes

The end of any year is a busy period for the Assessor’s office, as we move to apply the mill levies that have changed within the last two months by election, taxing entity board decisions an...

Forget Obamacare; emulate Britain, Canada

Obamacare is not affordable for the individual. Nor is it affordable for the taxpayer with subsidies to supplement costs of policies added to the burgeoning federal deficits. Plus, there is ...

Skip gas and head straight to solar power

A natural gas boom through 2040? (Herald, Dec. 18.) My first thought is for Mesa Verde and for the other beautiful places in Colorado that will suffer unimaginably from 26 more years of unim...

Barr believed in future teachers’ success

I was deeply saddened to hear the news of Roberta Armstrong Barr’s passing. I am a recent recipient of the Robert M. Barr and Roberta Armstrong Barr Scholarship and have just completed stude...

Board did right thing in choosing Spradling

Congratulations to the current members of the District 9-R school board, for selecting Greg Spradling to serve as a member of the board from District A. He will be a great addition to the sc...

Proud, grateful to be counted as Durangoan

I grew up and currently live on the “Dryside,” just north of Redmesa. When asked where I’m from, most people (especially nonlocals) don’t know the “Dryside,” so I would say Durango, Colo. Bu...

Did the Grinch work out city’s parking plan?

Should the city of Durango be on Santa’s naughty list? Could it be, too, the Grinch was involved with the roll out of the new parking meters? Deactivating the parking meters durin...

Help FLC divest itself of fossil fuels

Having attended school at Fort Lewis College armed me with a powerful education and, more importantly, tied me to an environmentally aware community. The college’s mission states FLC prepare...

Choosing Spradling ruins 9-R’s credibility

Open up the story headlined “School board appoints two new members” (Herald, Dec. 18) to online comments! I bet you get a lot. It absolutely does matter about Greg Spradling’s record. The bo...

FLC largely absent in debate over austerity

For years, The Durango Herald has been publishing Associated Press reports expressing alarm about the federal budget deficit – no matter that the No. 1 cause of the deficit are the Bush-era ...
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