Letters to the Editor - The Durango Herald

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Roadwork on Hwy 550 is self-defeating

I live north of downtown Durango and use Highway 550 on a regular basis for my commute to work in Hermosa. I must admit I am flabbergasted, bewildered and downright confused by the fact that...

DATE: Jul 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Thanks for the snow and river graphs

Thank you to The Durango Herald for publishing both the San Juan Basin snow graph and the Animas River flow graph this spring. You met the interests of both the skiers and the raf...

DATE: Jul 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

EPA is committed to mine clean-up

As the new Region 8 Administrator, I want to provide the Environmental Protection Agency’s perspective on the Durango Herald’s article published July 10, 2019, “ EPA is committed to assessi...

DATE: Jul 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Teachers: PERA owns prison shares

Teachers, including retirees, are you aware your retirement fund, Public Employees Retirement Association, is invested in the GEO Group, which manages 69 private prisons including the Aurora...

DATE: Jul 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Call them ‘corporate profiteering plans’

After listening to the Democratic debates, it was clear the insurance and pharmaceutical industries were acting like fog machines at a rock concert, obscuring the truth and confusing the pub...

DATE: Jul 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Somewhere, in a distant galaxy, a train...

Karen sits on the bench while her husband Jack takes their ticket numbers to the window. They have waited three years for their numbers to rise on the waiting list and now here they are, jus...

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

More than one factor started 416 Fire

Regarding “ My professor asked: “Does an acorn cause an oak?” After much discussion it was concluded that an acorn was necessary to yield an oak but it alone was not sufficient. ...

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

Hateful rhetoric is directed at president

Thank you so much, Gerry Fleming, for your Trump-hating rhetoric in the Durango Herald (“ It is certainly nice to know that you singularly have our complicated foreign policy all figured ou...

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

Two little words about your climate view

This is in reply to the July 8 letter to the editor by Gary Boyd, “ Dear Mr. Boyd: Good grief. Jim Newman Bayfield ...

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

Derangement Syndrome strikes again

Yet another local outbreak of Trump Derangement Syndrome can be found in Gerry Fleming’s letter “ While the Herald’s publishing of this letter certainly supports our First Amendment right, ...

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

Heads must roll for cityâ€™s tragic decision

Can the residents of Durango expect the city manager, councilors and related staff to resign regarding the massive changes, expenses and delays of the new sewer plant? And for the loss of th...

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

Dear Durango, you’re great. Love, Arizona

I want to share highlights of another memorable trip my family had in your beautiful community. We started our journey at The Animas Museum. Learning about Durango’s Wild West history helped...

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