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Letters: I wear this mask, not for me but for you

I wear a mask in public not for me, but for you. I am educated enough to realize I may be asymptomatic and could give you the virus. I don’t live in fear of the virus; I just want...

DATE: Jun 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: How about minding your own business?

It is time for people to back down, be quiet and mind their own business. Stop virtue-signaling and attacking verbally and physically people who have other world views and opinion...

DATE: Jun 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Will you help put coronavirus behind us?

Eighty years ago, England was bombed almost nightly in German raids. The prime minister, Chamberlain, followed by Churchill, ordered all lights to be turned off at dusk so as not to leave ea...

DATE: Jun 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: I cannot abide President Donald Trump

Not in my name. I cannot be mindfully passive when the President Donald J. Trump, the president in name only, lies and accuses a critic of murder, with absolutely no evidence, and maliciousl...

DATE: Jun 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Having to wear a mask is not ‘bondage’

I had to write regarding Mr. Reynolds’ choice of adjective to describe the temporary mandatory mask decision (“ Though not foolproof, wearing masks properly is a proven method to be help ea...

DATE: Jun 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: This is what decent human beings do

In the now-forgotten days before the plague, I would have chuckled at the three letters published in the Fortunately, a piece circulating recently in the media can do the job better. So, s...

DATE: Jun 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Trump is greedy, mean-spirited, and lies

In this time of crisis, when so many people are slipping into poverty and health-imperiling deprivation, President Donald Trump and his allies remain intent on tightening access to food stam...

DATE: Jun 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: A need is seen for better government

Had the chief of police paid attention to previous egregious behavior by the officer who used deathly force by knee, there would not have been numerous days of coast-to-coast mayhem. ...

DATE: Jun 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: The real invisible enemy is selfishness

I have lived in Durango for 20 years and for the most part have experienced local people who care about each other and have ethics and morals. The good outweighs the bad. Lately, ...

DATE: Jun 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: My idea of freedom is wearing a mask

I was pleased to read about Durango’s collaborative planning for business (“ In a time when most people will be spending most of their time sequestered in crowded cities, a getaway to Duran...

DATE: Jun 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Happy trails to pardner Cy Scarborough

My heart sunk when the news of Cy Scarborough’s passing was printed in the My husband and I moved our family to Durango because we loved its spirit of the Old West, and Cy’s Bar D Chuckwag...

DATE: Jun 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: I’d be sending Trump better bills now

Democratic Rep. Joe Neguse sponsored H.R. 6467 to provide $250 billion to local governments, including his own town of Boulder. Never mind that Boulder hasn’t exhausted its rainy ...

DATE: Jun 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor