Letters to the Editor - The Durango Herald

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Herald editorials are irrelevant, fearful

Local media is an extremely important source of the news we all need to be informed citizens. I’m a longtime Durango Herald subscriber and supporter. I understand the need to redu...

DATE: Aug 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Tell the mayor to protect pedestrians

Please call the mayor at 759-6477 to insist the City Council fund in the 2020 budget the long-planned-for bridge for pedestrian and bike safety to finish the north extension of the Animas Ri...

DATE: Aug 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Tell council to budget for climate action

We face the ultimate emergency in climate change – extinction. Once the climate is tipped, no human actions will prevent the release of millions of tons of trapped methane, resulting in coll...

DATE: Aug 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Complaints about the train are dishonest

Every week there is a new letter to the editor complaining about smoke, noise, fire risk or some other aspect of the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge train. Often, these compla...

DATE: Aug 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Need to keep hearing from left and right

The Durango Herald has been very open about posting letters from folks representing the left and the right. Kudos. In every letter, no matter their perspective, they blame the oth...

DATE: Aug 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

More gun laws won’t stop evil-doers

I spent some time talking to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. CBI couldn’t answer the question: how many gun laws are already...

DATE: Aug 24, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

No reason to destroy ‘hot’ hemp crops

An article in the Herald (“ State and federal regulatory bodies have not established reasonable and consistent THC levels. In Colorado it’s 0.3% for Delta-9 THC (the part of plan...

DATE: Aug 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Elvis and the Herald do nothing for me

The Durango Herald continues to show that it no longer wants to be a leader in influencing public opinion for the betterment of our community. Yet again, the lengthy editorial on ...

DATE: Aug 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

On this, I will stand with Robert E. Lee

Robert E. Lee opposed the construction of statues and memorials commemorating the Southern cause in the aftermath of the Civil War. Jonathan Horn, author of the biography “The Man Who Would ...

DATE: Aug 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Gabbard is the best choice for president

I just read the article, “ Our nation needs a leader who will bring people together. That is one of the reasons why I’ve decided to support Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard from Hawaii for presi...

DATE: Aug 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

George Will and I have had enough

George Will, a respected , prominent conservative author, is also a former member of the Republican Party. He is among the many who have written about the recent horrific mass shootings in T...

DATE: Aug 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Mercy used to be a righteous hospital

I would like to commend Candace Richerson for speaking out loud about a sore subject that most often goes whispered about, grumbled about, but seldom mentioned in bold print (“ We used to h...

DATE: Aug 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor