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Letters: ‘Chief’ offends a lot of us – take it down

I support taking down the “Chief,” the offensive sign owned by Toh-Atin Gallery on Ninth Street in downtown Durango. It’s a racist caricature of Indigenous peoples who live in Durango and ne...

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

Letters: Elway could carry Kaepernick’s message

I was in downtown Durango, just by chance, and noticed peaceful demonstrators carrying meaningful messages of justice and the end of racism. Fortunately, the protesters in Durango – my adopt...

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

Letters: White opinions about sign do not count

I subscribe to The Your previous article about the Toh-Atin Gallery “chief” sign limited its inquiry about whether the statue should be taken down to artists who depend on the gallery for ...

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

Letters: Sign stands for artistic uplift, not racism

When the Chief Diner closed in 1980, Jackson Clark, Antonia’s father, purchased the sign, in part to keep it from being destroyed. Far from being in any way a racist, Clark was one of, if no...

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

Letters: Grandfather hot springs into its glory

I lived in Durango for about 10 years. I recall much of its beauty and charm. The hot springs was one of my favorite places. Now I read the local bureaucracy is trying to stifle a...

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

Letters: The city should be lowering water rates

Residents of Durango are being hit again with high summer water bills. Unfortunately, the city has not presented a believable explanation of this travesty. Councilor Chris Bettin ...

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

Letters: Scott Tipton doesn’t care about our kids

I must confess that I have not felt the same about our country since December 2013. Why then? This is when 20 little kids were slaughtered in the Sandy Hook shooting. Although I’m...

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

Letters: Why do we even need a planning board?

I am writing about the news story “ Townhomes are attached to other townhomes. Detached townhomes are called houses. With the proposed priority on affordability, the townhomes ru...

DATE: Jun 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Matt Salka has my vote for commission

I first met Matt Salka about four years ago while walking our dogs. Had no idea who he was, and we started talking about living in the little town of Bayfield. During our discussion he let m...

DATE: Jun 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: These orders are for everyone’s safety

I don’t understand the outcry by some of my fellow citizens and patriots about measures that have been recommended or even ordered to try to prevent the spread of COVID-19 among the populati...

DATE: Jun 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Council should strengthen mask rule

I am writing to express my support for the city mask law. Much as I appreciate my liberties, I am also aware of the responsibilities to the countless hands which hold us all up, k...

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

Letters: Congress, advance this Alzheimer’s bill

My family has been devastated by Alzheimer’s disease. My mother is living in late stage Alzheimer’s, and we have already lost seven other family members to the disease. The prevalence of thi...

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