Opinion

‘Public’ in name, but not ‘mission’

How does the San Juan Basin Public Health expect to form a new health department different from the one they ended up with, when they just keep leaving the same unqualified, uncompassionate ...

Purple Cliffs closure ‘went well’

After all the ballyhoo predicting a crisis if Purple Cliffs were closed, including people dying, etcetera, I think we can all agree it went off quite well. La Plata County had it right. We s...

Want ‘intrinsic’ motivation to do right thing

While laudable, Durango’s efforts in support of the Four Corners Office for Resource Efficiency by offering various cost reductions is misguided. Direct monetary compensation for doing somet...

‘Chip Thomas mural an honor’

Recently, I had the privilege of watching Chip Thomas complete his mural in Mancos, thrilled that our community would be home to such a beautiful representation of our corner of the West. No...

CPW ‘must do better’ on wolves

I would like to believe that Colorado Parks and Wildlife is an honest broker in the wolf reintroduction plan, but evidence keeps suggesting it is not doing all it can to counter misinformati...

‘Proud of fair, peaceful elections’

The one thing that should be noted in the wake of the midterm elections is how candidates accepted losing. Generally speaking, they accepted it in the traditional way: civilly. There was som...

Overindulgence means ‘gallstone season’

Finally, a great report (“How to avoid burning down the house or ending up in the ER on Thanksgiving,” Nov. 18 in The Durango Herald) on the dangers of too much food and alcohol at Thanksgiv...

Leave ‘genuine downtown’ as is

The City of Durango seems intent on killing the gold-laying goose with its plans to “redevelop” downtown into a suburban California shopping mall. Do these folks not realize why tourists fal...

Can La Plata County secede from CD3?

In case you missed it, the Texas GOP platform contains at least one interesting section. No. 33: State Sovereignty: “Texas retains the right to secede from the United States, and the Texas L...

‘Spend money on gosh-darn parking solution’

I just took The Durango Herald poll. “Do you support the city of Durango's effort to seek engineering plans and possibly a major development of downtown?” I voted “no,” and when I did, there...

Frisch 'identifying’ as congressman

Adam Frisch is identifying as a congressman, attending new congressmen orientation. Will he identify as recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize? As the first Jewish pope? Maurice Emmer ...

See mag chloride? Slow down

A lot of us in the county lands are dialed into what mag chloride is – it’s a glue that will temporarily keep the dust under control. This is to clue in the, hopefully, few ignorant souls th...
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