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Opinion

Listen to America; ‘no’ to Obamacare

Harry Reid should listen to America and say ‘no’ to Obamacare. The last thing we need is our health care run by the IRS. Start reporting the truth for real hope and change. ...

Magazine features incredible local resources

I have been a subscriber of The Durango Herald for many years, and I’ve always enjoyed the special feature of Durango Living. I particularly liked the recent edition that featured local ho...

Will road effort alter ‘permanent protection’?

I am writing in response to the story about Ed Zink’s effort to build a road in Hidden Valley (Herald, Sept. 26). A lot of time, effort and money were spent in the 1990s to permanently prote...

Climate change goes beyond rocket science

Jerry Modisette (Letters, Herald, Sept. 28) continues to distort what is known about climate change and rising global temperatures. He is a self-proclaimed “rocket scientist,” but who gave h...

Council should drop fees, curb developer

To all those people who write “do-the-right-thing” letters, especially the one from Faye Schrater (Herald, Sept. 27) that criticized Mike Smedley’s humorous column: Please, get a life! You w...

French got it right on Iraq, grocery bags

I have been traveling to France once or twice a year for the past 10 years. I shop in the grocery stores there. No bags are offered by the stores – plastic or otherwise. Each shopper brings ...

Market forces affect tax base, property values

Just like harvest season, the local government calendar proceeds to its winter conclusion as Colorado assessors measure, then take stock of how the property tax base has fared for 2013. Last...

NRA heavy on emphasis, light on empathy

Denise Murray’s letter “Gun control only serves to enable criminals” (Herald, Sept. 20) amounts to yet another expression of the irrational mentality that plagues NRAers. Probably thinking s...

A six-point plan for public access at Oxbow

The public has a right to enjoy the Oxbow Park and Reserve river access. The real issue is that we, as a group, love Durango too much. We all moved here, or stay here, to value the outdoors ...

Small steps taken to rein in Tri-State

As a member and trustee of Kit Carson Electric Cooperative in Taos, N.M., I was pleased to read your editorial about Tri-State Generation & Transmission. (Herald, Sept. 15). Kit Carson is on...

Magnets could solve recycling challenges

The single stream recycling is great. Our household trash, even with three kids, is down to one kitchen bag a week. So we usually recycle more than what goes into the trash bin. Because I’m ...

Tipton and his ilk should lead by example

John Hopkins has it right (Letters, Herald, Sept. 25). Rep. Scott Tipton and those of his mindset should lead by example. If they would cause a government shutdown in their effort to deny l...
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