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Letter: Missing the opportunity to comment

It appears that more and more Herald editorial pieces online are being closed to reader commentary. Too, the Colorado Sun and Writers on the Range pieces along with syndicated New York Times...

DATE: Nov 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letter: Trump is a con artist and grifter

Shame on the new editorial page editor for printing this slanderous and uninformed letter from reader Dave Gibbons. He not only has no idea of Joe Biden’s accomplishments in service to his c...

DATE: Nov 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letter: COVID-19 is real, masks save lives

I lost my dearly beloved mother-in-law to COVID-19 last month. She did not go gentle into that good night. Two days before her oxygen saturation levels cratered and she could no ...

DATE: Nov 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Snowberger prompted progress for 9-R

We write to offer our sincere thanks to Dan Snowberger for his nine years of service to Durango School District 9-R and to all of us within the district – parents, staff and taxpayers. Just ...

DATE: Nov 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letter: Porter-Norton’s campaign was divisive

Marsha Porter-Norton’s self-congratulatory letter in the Herald (Nov. 20) is hypocritical. Her deeds during the campaign do not support her statement, “To all the residents of La Plata Count...

DATE: Nov 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letter: Transition work necessary for transfer of power

When one lives in Washington, D.C., unique opportunities may occasionally come along. Such was the case in 1992 when I was invited to be a member of the transition team at the Department of ...

DATE: Nov 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letter: Durango Estates is unamanaged, unruly

I live adjacent to Durango Estates, a 420-lot subdivision in Junction Creek, which was aggressively blocked from development by the county and the Colorado Court of Appeals in the â€™80s. ...

DATE: Nov 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letter: Hickenlooper understands ambitious transitions

Congratulations to Senator-elect John Hickenlooper for his recent win to represent Colorado in the U.S. Senate. As a geologist, he understands the science and the urgency to transition to a ...

DATE: Nov 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Biden is a clueless wimp of a politician

Well, you got what you wanted – a clueless wimp of a politician for president of this country, who would probably be blown down in a 10-mph wind in his size 32-short suit. He’s never had a r...

DATE: Nov 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letter: Council won’t enforce COVID rules

On June 17, Durango City Council signed off on Order 2020-10, requiring masks in all public places and referencing Section 1-16 as the penalty, which allows a fine of $1,000, and/or up to 90...

DATE: Nov 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letter: Don’t lecture me

In response to Dave Mehan’s recent letter (“How could you have been so duped?” Nov. 10), I had to shake my head when he questioned the values of conservative voters and President Trump’s sup...

DATE: Nov 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Update to comedy comparison of debate

On second thought, what I should have said about the Trump-Biden debate (Letters, Sept. 30) was we have a new act for a comedy routine on TV. Not Abbot and Costello, but the Smothers Brother...

DATE: Nov 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor