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‘Council can still do right thing’

Durango has had many outstanding City Councils. One of the best was when Sandy Thompson was the mayor. Sandy was a writer, an editor at The Durango Herald and the director of Crow Canyon Arc...

‘Vote pro-woman, pro-life, Shelli Shaw’

Many within our community are unaware of HB-1279, the Reproductive Health Care Act, which Barbara McLachlan co-sponsored earlier this year and Gov. Jared Polis signed into law. This law allo...

‘Shaw, tell views on election’

According to a May 11, 2022, Colorado Times Recorder article by Logan Davis headlined “ ‘We Are Headed For a Civil War,’ CO GOP Statehouse Candidate Warns,” Shelli Shaw, candidate for state ...

Frisch clear choice for 3rd CD

In Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District, independent voters make up 43% of registered voters and hold the key to the election. Independents register that way for a reason – they make up the...

Fat burn diet ‘misleading advice’

The column in the Food and Nutrition section of the Aug. 17 The Durango Herald, headlined “Fat burn: For whom and how?” is misleading and irresponsible advice for athletes. The article advoc...

Knowing about TABOR essential

I visited the La Plata County Fair at the beginning of August and spoke with Shelli Shaw, the Republican candidate for our Colorado House seat District 59. With her past work as a school adm...

Shaw fan ‘threat to personal safety’

A truck with a Shelli Shaw sticker came speeding through our neighborhood of privately-funded roads with a 15-mph speed limit. The driver came roaring by my dog, and I even thought we were b...

Constitution Week: ‘Celebrate freedoms’

Constitution Week is celebrated annually from Sept. 17 to 23 to commemorate Sept. 17, 1787, the date the Constitution was signed in convention. (It was ratified on June 21, 1788.) It is the ...

‘Durangoans gain nothing’ on wine measure

Bill Roberts is correct in his piece headlined “Booze on the ballot.” Convenience a poor reason to sacrifice community persuasively argues why we should vote no on initiatives 122, 96 and 12...

Unhoused ‘inflated emergency’

Suddenly the Purple Cliffs population has plummeted from 500 (sheriff’s count) to 82 (Durango library count). The “unhoused emergency” seems to have moved on to greener pastures and they app...

‘Tap brakes on rush to decarbonize’

I think we should tap the brakes on the headlong rush to decarbonize our lives. I recently read that there are over 6,000 items we use that are derived from oil and/or natural gas. In fact, ...

History offers lessons for voters

As Election Day approaches, we can see that Democratic and Republican parties, and their candidates, are flawed and imperfect. Nonetheless, recent events in American history offer lessons th...
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