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Thanks, Mike, for checking on recycling

Did you see the “60 Minutes” segment on Aug. 18 about the way plastic waste is polluting our environment? Wondered how many were as horrified as I was to see how plastic is taking...

DATE: Sep 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

No open-carry makes children happier

I applaud Walmart and City Market for asking customers not to open-carry in their stores (“ Not long ago, I was at City Market north and a man entered at the same time with a handgun on his...

DATE: Sep 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

City manager done in by knuckleheads

There must be some evil Ron LeBlanc doppelganger running around who is kicking puppies, because the city manager’s sudden decision to retire doesn’t make any sense based on my experience. ...

DATE: Sep 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

That other letter was in jest – right?

The Herald’s lead I would hope del Campo and her family did not take offense at Mike Sigman’s subtle, jesting response (“Are you covering for Trump resistance?” Sept. 5). On the...

DATE: Sep 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Sad or funny: Candidate Biden is both

Gaffes or Senility? I don’t know whether Dana Milbank’s column in the Herald (“ Truth (five-letter word) is that Democrats are not just shooting themselves in the foot with Biden, Democrats...

DATE: Sep 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Democrats need to meet some people

Democrats are the party that disregards biology, saying that people can change their sex by wishing it; the party that refutes the biological facts of life at conception, though also the par...

DATE: Sep 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

The homeless are children of God, too

The best measure of the morality of a country is how it treats its most needy citizens. If Ms. Norma Byrd’s words are any measure (“ What is evident now is that the placing of nearly every ...

DATE: Sep 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

There is a way we can tax carbon now

Thank you for your insightful editorial “ France did suspend its fuel/carbon tax after the Yellow Vests revolt. Reducing consumption of fossil fuels (and the greenhouse gasses) by raising t...

DATE: Sep 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

No nukes, no wars, no more imperialism

I am the Unity Party candidate for U.S. Senate in Colorado. The Kellogg-Briand Pact was signed on Aug. 27, 1928. It outlaws war as a tool of foreign policy. The United ...

DATE: Sep 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

This is what’s right about health care

Recently, I received a letter announcing the retirement of Dr. Joe Murphy after 36 years in practice. Dr. Murphy grew up in Durango and came back to practice in the town he loved....

DATE: Sep 7, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

River stakeholders leave sterling legacy

I’m the director of reclamation operations for Sunnyside Gold Corporation. We would like to thank the Animas River Stakeholders Group, which will be ceasing operations after 25 years of play...

DATE: Sep 7, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Where’s attorney when we need him?

An article in the Cortez Journal stated that the 416 Fire which started in June of 2018 was started by sparks from the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge train. The next month of ...

DATE: Sep 6, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor