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Opinion

‘Mea culpa’ on RV park zoning

An “acknowledgement of error” or “apology” are definitions of mea culpa. Yes, I was the one who wrote the letter on Jan. 20, saying the Roberts Resorts RV Park proposal was incorrect. As a c...

‘Long for ‘real’ railroad lanterns’

I greatly enjoyed the “flanger” snow-plowing tourist train story. Let’s have more local-train stories, shall we? But hold the train – did I read correctly in the story that crew members’ bre...

‘AR-15 most common gun in U.S.’

House Bill 23-1230 will ban most semiautomatic rifles if passed. It starts off citing statistics regarding gun violence and mass shootings. But none of that matters. The Supreme Court has ru...

Parents’ job: ‘Review rules, processes’

Here’s another take on kids and the Durango School District 9-R. Thirty plus years ago, our son went to kindergarten at Needham Elementary School. When I went to meet him at the bus stop one...

‘Thank you, Rep. Boebert’ for Syria vote

U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida introduced a resolution to remove all U.S. troops from Syria (H.Con.Res.21). Unfortunately, the resolution was defeated 103 (yeas) to 321 (nays). Thank you, U...

‘Never seen highways neglected so badly’

Anyone else tired of dodging potholes? I realize it’s been a hard winter, but we’ve had hard winters before and I have never seen our highways neglected so badly. I’ve lived in La Plata Coun...

Purg ‘hellish place to ski’

My husband bought a helmet last year for skiing at Purgatory Resort after several times of almost being hit by other skiers. This year on his first day, he was indeed struck hard from behind...

‘The poison of color identification’

Peter MacDonald, former Navajo Nation chairman and the youngest surviving Navajo code talker, shared his memories, and more importantly, his wisdom to a standing-room only crowd at the Farmi...

‘Government playing with our lives’

Have you heard news about U.S. airlines’ mishaps? Near misses that could have cost many lives? Probably not. In December, a United Airlines flight taking off from Maui lost altitude and was ...

CPW must manage urban deer

It is way past time that Colorado Parks and Wildlife start living up to the wildlife part of its title. The urban deer herds that residents of the Town of Bayfield and the City of Durango mu...

‘Mediocre parent better than nanny state’

I recently learned the Bayfield School District dropped comprehensive sex ed as allowed by Colorado law. Good for them for not pretending to be parents. Don’t parents talk to their kids abou...

No bad traffic with RV park

Recently, The Durango Herald has printed several letters to the editor highly critical of the proposed RV park on Trimble Lane. Can’t help but wonder how long the letter writers have actuall...
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