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9-R school board violates bond vote with Miller proposal

Congratulations to Durango School District 9-R on passing the very large bond to help redevelop Miller Middle School on its existing site. It is amazing how well the community jumped on boa...

DATE: Jul 28, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

City Council should lower water rates

There is one thing that the City Council could do today to make living in Durango more affordable: Lower our water rates. Since 2017, the city’s water fund has grown from $11 million to an e...

DATE: Jul 28, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Judicial leniency endangers community

After reading the two recent articles concerning bail for Cordell Schneider and Jonah Barrett-Lesko, I have decided that our jail should be used to house the homeless. In Schneider’s case, ...

DATE: Jul 28, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Is Rachel Brown right for Durango?

I just read Rachel Brown’s July 24 column, “Myth-busting Durango’s tourism industry.” Many of you already know that she vigorously lobbied for the recent lodgers tax increase that would pum...

DATE: Jul 28, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Make Child Tax Credit permanent

On July 15, families across the country started getting up to $300 per child in monthly payments thanks to the newly expanded Child Tax Credit. This is a really big deal. Ninety percent of h...

DATE: Jul 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Delay sale of historic 9-R building

I urge the Durango Fire District and Durango School District 9-R board to stop further action toward the sale of the iconic 9-R Administration building until more citizens and taxpayers, the...

DATE: Jul 24, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Bridge should be inspected before underpass gets underway

The city of Durango should publish an up to date inspection report on the condition of the 32nd Street bridge before money is spent/wasted on a pedestrian underpass. I live a block away and...

DATE: Jul 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Everybody knows that Trump really was re-elected, don’t they?

Would the vast majority of Republicans say that Trump won the election if it wasn’t true? They and the patriots who invaded the Capitol on Jan. 6 obviously have the election facts on their s...

DATE: Jul 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Relocating Miller Middle School would flout ballot issue language

Did you know that Durango School District 9-R is considering using the funds from ballot Issue 4A to relocate Miller Middle School to the Riverview sports complex on Plymouth Avenue? That s...

DATE: Jul 21, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Reader takes issue with Herald’s online functions

I recently tried to communicate with two Herald editors. After two tries, I thought I would write a letter to the editor in hopes that they would see it and respond. First off, the inabilit...

DATE: Jul 21, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Strategies for dealing with weapons threats

I’m not sure if hypersonic missiles or Iran’s drones have a chance of first strike capability. If so, or if some countries will think so, and don’t fear a second strike, then we need to take...

DATE: Jul 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Herald Community Zoom July 30

Join Opinion Page Editor Hollis Walker and other Durangoans at noon July 30 to talk about Beyond Our Means, our FOCUS 2021 topic about homelessness and affordable housing. Email her at hwalk...

DATE: Jul 17, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

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