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Wild horses should not be maligned

I must object to Andrew Gulliford’s recent article “Scourge of the West” (Herald, Oct. 9) about free roaming horses on public lands in the West and chide the Herald for even publishing it. ...

Vote for Brown, Parmenter, Petersen for 9-R

I was glad to see the Herald article about the 9-R school board candidates, as the website for the slate of challengers to Erika Brown, Andrea Parmenter and Richard Petersen has only platit...

FLC students have questions about Animas High School building

I was elected to the Associated Students of Fort Lewis College student government as a senator, representing the FLC student population by promising to address student concerns. The largest...

Time for ‘The Chief’ statue to go

I attended the Indigenous Peoples Day of Rage event, which included a march around town and a stopover at the Toh-Atin statue of “The Chief.” This offensive, racist and triggering statue has...

We can do better than Prop. 119

I encourage voters to read this article in The Colorado Sun, https://coloradosun.com/2021/10/07/proposition-119-colorado-explained/, for a discussion about the pros and cons of Proposition 1...

Current 9-R board lacks transparency

I’m a Durango native and am concerned about the current Durango School District 9-R board. They lacked transparency by adopting a resolution on diversity, equity and inclusion that created a...

Infrastructure spending bill less than military spending

Congress is currently considering two infrastructure spending bills totaling $4.5 trillion. The money will be spent over a 10-year period on roads and bridges, railroads, the power grid, int...

Vote for 9-R candidates with clear goals

A visit to the “Building Durango’s Future” website for the candidates Kristine Paslay, Donna Gulec and Richard “Dean” Hill seems straightforward. The website is generic looking and uses lan...

Why does Buckley Park need ‘saving’?

According to a Herald article June 29, the Durango School District 9-R board accepted a letter of intent to sell the district’s Administration Building to the Durango Fire Protection Distric...

Support Paslay, Hill, Gulec for 9-R board

When school board candidates first started campaigning for the board, I was on the fence about the newcomers Kristine Paslay, Richard “Dean” Hill and Donna Gulec. Since then, I have had the...

Vote for transparency on 9-R board

A very important job of an elected school board official is to be the liaison between parents and the school district. Parents bring concerns and comments and the board works on their behalf...

Vote Paslay, Hill and Gulec for 9-R board

Academics should be at the forefront of this school board campaign. It should be kids first in this campaign. The national outcry to stand up to efforts to silence parents, discourage transp...
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