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Letters: Why does area gas still cost so much?

Further to the comment by Richard Ruth (“ That 45-day period is more than enough time for existing local inventories to be depleted. My guess, now that Speedway has a near-monopo...

Letters: How will we use this time for change?

Life begins at the end of our comfort zone! No doubt the coronavirus has bestowed a great inconvenience upon all of us. And for people whose very lives have apparently been built around conv...

Letters: Famous American poets and a Yeats bonus

It is wonderful to see poetry heralded in your good paper, especially with April coming up, National Poetry Month (“ And while April is the cruelest month, breeding lilacs out of the dead l...

Letters: Police surveillance cameras ill-advised

I believe the Herald is right to question the use of video cameras with facial recognition capabilities in Durango’s downtown area (“ There is a lot of private surveillance in stores these ...

Letters: Something we can do for Ben Sonntag

I find myself wiping tears from my eyes after reading the many tributes to Durango’s Ben Sonntag – a man I didn’t even know. This loss of such a beloved icon of our community at t...

Letters: City Council must take these steps now

The COVID-19 situation should cause a new analysis of the city of Durango’s finances. City Council must act now or de facto erode our reserve funds. These suggestions avoid layoff...

Letters: Why are we rescuing big corporations?

The Wall Street Journal reports the spending bill approved by the Senate includes $450 billion in loans for corporations and $30 billion in grants to U.S. airlines. The 15 wea...

Letters: It’s time to waive Colorado property taxes

Unprecedented times require unprecedented measures. We are seeing measures throughout the state and country to protect our health and economy. With 18% or more (so far)...

Letters: Letters from complainers are unneeded

During these stressful times, when we all need to pull together and support each other and our community, I implore you not to print any further negative letters from writers like Robert Goo...

Letters: Toilet paper hoarders had better watch out

To all you toilet-paper hoarders: When my husband was a manager of a sewer district in California, I learned something. When people used paper towel as toilet paper, sewage pipes could get c...

Letters: Don’t forget how we were gouged on gas

Thanks, Durango gas stations, for gouging the locals during this ongoing crisis. There are no tourists or skiers here so it’s the locals, who are already in a pinch, who get to a...

Letters: Medicare for All would make us safer now

This virus is another stark reminder of why we need Medicare for All. People who are exhibiting symptoms or who were exposed to the virus are being placed under mandatory isolation and quara...
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