Letters to the Editor - The Durango Herald

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Let’s form a more compassionate union

Yeah, it’s me, the old guy, again. This is the place where we speak our minds and maybe even collaborate to make a new tomorrow. I’m tired of the labels on generations. Millennials, Gen Z an...

DATE: Jan 10, 2022 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Fire station move a no-brainer

The tragic house-to-house fire in the Boulder area is a perfect example of why a fire station and ambulance service need to be as close to demand as possible. Indeed, ours was before a need ...

DATE: Jan 9, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Let’s try new strategies to conserve water

It was with great incredulousness that I learned that the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe was in a secondary use position regarding irrigation water in their watershed; they certainly predated everyo...

DATE: Jan 9, 2022 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Time to remove outdated Toh-Atin sign

An important discussion is taking place across our country. We in the Four Corners have a chance to be a constructive part of it. It’s about racial justice. We are rightly questioning curren...

DATE: Jan 9, 2022 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Propaganda is harming our society

As we goose-step though the latest “crisis of fear,” I can’t help but take a look back. As a youngster, I would think: “How could those horrible events happen in and around Germany during th...

DATE: Jan 8, 2022 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Bullying, speeding problems at Purgatory

There are two issues that need to be seriously addressed at Purgatory: Bullying and speeding in slow zones. I have been snowboarding at Purgatory for 19 years. Ten years ago, I started to s...

DATE: Jan 8, 2022 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Wise reintroduction plan should respect wolves, ranching

The recent wolf killing of a calf in Jackson County is both a hard loss for a ranching family and a reminder of the importance of Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s job in creating a wolf reintro...

DATE: Jan 7, 2022 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letter spread falsehoods about vaccines

I understand that the Herald feels it should publish all letters to the editor. But by printing Richard Podlesnik's letter (Dec. 31), the Herald is complicit in spreading disinformation conc...

DATE: Jan 7, 2022 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Anti-vax letter carelessly printed by Herald

In his Dec. 31 letter, Richard Podlesnik spewed, with the acquiescence of The Durango Herald, a number of false and easily refuted lies about the COVID-19 vaccine. His source for this dubiou...

DATE: Jan 5, 2022 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Durango airport must enforce mask use

I am writing to express my disappointment in the Durango-La Plata County Airport and its failure to support COVID-19-relevant public health measures. I am a Durango native who traveled home ...

DATE: Jan 5, 2022 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Fire as integral to life as water

In response to “Conservation partners target 300,000 acres in Southwest Colorado” published in The Durango Herald (Dec. 24): The obvious: Fire is a natural component of ecosystems whereas lo...

DATE: Jan 3, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Sentence too lenient in cyclist’s death

I am writing to express my fury with Judge William Herringer’s recent ruling in the death of Benjamin Sonntag. The defendant was sentenced to only three years in prison for the death of this...

DATE: Jan 3, 2022 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor