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Letters: Bridge a symptom of bigger city problems

The 32nd Street bridge is a symptom of the problem that needs addressing. The problem is that the city is collecting an unsettling amount of money for the Parks and Recreation Department. ...

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

Letters: This bridge is awesomely bad!

I am all in favor of extending the Animas River Trail to the north and understand that the crossing of 32nd Street and the railroad tracks is a major issue. However, the renderings of the br...

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

Letters: Bridge is unneeded and may not work

Please do not build the pedestrian bridge over 32nd Street (a bridge over a bridge). Is it primarily for road cyclists? Even though a lot of work has been done, cut you...

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

Letters: Why are we building an unholy eyesore?

I could not agree more with the Herald’s editorial reacting to the proposed 32nd Street overpass (“ What an unholy eyesore. As the editorial pointed out, even if you ignore all t...

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

Letters: Call your councilors and stop this bridge!

I am alarmed about the proposed and approved bridges at 32nd Street, especially after seeing a ground-level rendering as well as the astronomical price tag which has just kept increasing for...

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

Letters: Council must stop this terrible bridge

You captured every single thing wrong with the proposed pedestrian bridge in your recent editorial (“ I frequently walk the length of the river trail and no other bridge design smacks the e...

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

Letters: As a doctor, I prescribe Medicare for All

Health insurance is supposed to protect us from debilitating medical bills. But many of my patients find that when they need care, commercial insurance does not provide adequate protection. ...

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

Letters: To the other animals, we’re all Nazis

On Jan. 27, the world will observe International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The date marks 75 years since the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, Hitler’s largest death camp. It’s a...

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

Letters: We need help with transit

Bayfield! Why have you cut your share of funding to Roadrunner Transit? Itâ€™s the only public transportation that connects Durango, Bayfield and Ignacio. For years, RRT has done ...

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

Letters: Is there no way to stop this horrible bridge?

While I applaud Durango’s investment in Parks and Recreation and specifically the Animas River Trail, the renderings of the proposed new pedestrian bridge at 32nd Street are simply horrible....

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

Letters: Durango is a little town with a big heart

Last June, I crashed my Harley riding down from Silverton. It broke my leg and seven ribs. It was a long recovery. I work at Brennan’s Exxon. It is one of the finest local busines...

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

Letters: Check out this homeless setup in Albuquerque

While visiting Albuquerque recently, a friend and I were impressed and inspired with a private tour of Their goal is a hand up, not a hand out; rehabilitation and not entitlement; by addre...

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