Letters to the Editor - The Durango Herald

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If it quacks like corruption, it hurts us

Under Durango City Manager Ron LeBlanc and apparently with the blessing of City Council, there has been for years a management style best described by the words “hold them accountable,” wher...

DATE: Aug 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Leftists are trying to destroy America

If ever there were a more hypocritical bunch of misfits, the Democratic debates proved it. The blood lust hatred for this country is unlike anything ever seen. One glaring example: Trump’s c...

DATE: Aug 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Surprised, saddened by Herald reporting

In response to the article, “ In my 13-plus years in Durango, I’ve experienced nothing but professionalism and integrity working with Christina Rinderle. She served two successful terms as ...

DATE: Aug 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

City Council, don’t fail us again on rates

City Council, please do not approve a rate increase for water, or at least do not approve one without going to the voters. Consideration for another rate increase is completely unreasonable....

DATE: Aug 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

When will the train take responsibility?

An article in the Herald in 2018 stated that the taxpayers paid the bill for half the costs of fire suppression incurred fighting Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad-caused fires bet...

DATE: Aug 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Who speaks for birds tortured here?

“I don’t know why I’m a prisoner. I committed no crime. I see only bars and hear desperate, confused chatter of prisoners around me. I cry out to my family; not knowing where I am, they cann...

DATE: Aug 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Would better elections dodge a 9/11?

All of us know our voting system is lacking, to say the least, with gerrymandering, lobbying, etc. The Mueller report, along with his recent testimony over Russian influence in the 2016 elec...

DATE: Aug 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

For-profit care is not patient-centered

No wonder 70% of Americans favor a shift to National Improved Medicare for All. All but a handful of us have high premiums, high deductibles and poor coverage – or no coverage at all. We all...

DATE: Aug 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Heading out? Leave your dog at home

The murder of a helpless fawn by someone’s pet dog highlights what I have said for years: dogs do not belong in the wild, and certainly not unleashed dogs. I have noticed for year...

DATE: Aug 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Edgemont Highlands fence is a killer

The families of Edgemont Highlands are dealing with the approval of oversize fencing (7-9 foot high) to keep the deer from eating prize flowers and keep wildlife out. The fencing ...

DATE: Aug 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Long may the Harpers blow that whistle

A letter to the editor complained of our local railroad “not giving back but taking all they can” (“ I do not agree. The writer complained of the train using its horn through town. Actually...

DATE: Aug 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Centura is squeezing Mercy Hospital

In an effort to pinch pennies for their corporate board, Centura Health is slowing squeezing the life out of Durango’s major hospital. Would you be concerned to know that there is...

DATE: Aug 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor