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Letters: Virus not silly to informed Americans

Responding to Dick Riethmiller’s letter, I am appalled but not shocked, at his callous disregard for human life (“ Stating that only about 5% of people who get COVID-19 die and most of them...

DATE: Aug 6, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: I believe deeply in the Electoral College

This is in response to the letter “ The Electoral College is there for a reason, and I very much believe in it. If the Electoral College is done away with, it will then be the beginning of ...

DATE: Aug 6, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Show the good cops you support them

In old Westerns, when bad guys were coming to town, citizens told the sheriff: “You have to save us! They’ll loot, burn, destroy us!” The sheriff vowed to do his job, but there wa...

DATE: Aug 6, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: It’s straight out of the fascist playbook

Federal law enforcement officers have the legal right to protect federal buildings and other federal property. They do not have the right to leap out of unmarked cars, heavily armed and in c...

DATE: Aug 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: This poem is wise and thought-provoking

“And the people stayed home. And read books and listened and rested and exercised and made art and played games and learned new ways of being and were still. And listened more deeply. Some m...

DATE: Aug 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Why is there still a shortage of N95 masks?

Am I missing something here? The majority of people who are exposed to COVID-19 experience mild symptoms or no symptoms whatsoever. Yet all of those people are being asked to make significan...

DATE: Aug 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: What if Blacks had a sign about whites?

Beware of arguments that open with “There was a time when ...” as someone seeks to “discuss” racial and cultural sensitivity. There was a time when lynchings of Americans with dar...

DATE: Jul 31, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: This virus info not mainstream nonsense

I would like to know how Mr. Riethmiller came up with his value of “about 220 deaths per day since February” due to COVID-19 (“ According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data,...

DATE: Jul 31, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: 9-R could save park with a conservancy

Here’s an idea! What if Durango School District 9-R put Buckley Park into conservancy? It could then do a GoFundMe or other type of money drive and ask locals to fund t...

DATE: Jul 31, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Natives should vote on the ‘Chief’ sign

I want to express my support to save the “Chief.” He has been a landmark in Durango for over 50 years. I recommend taking a vote from the Native American people who are purportedl...

DATE: Jul 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Support businesses that enforce masks

Why support businesses, like some big box stores and those locally owned, that donâ€™t enforce mask-wearing and social distancing? Whose customer dollar is more important to them?...

DATE: Jul 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: You cannot see me smile as we pass

Thanks to all the locals and guests in town who wear masks! We appreciate your maturity and care for both the health of others and the viability of businesses by wearing masks. Pa...

DATE: Jul 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor