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Homeless can stand downtown all day

Wow! The Herald made some incredibly amazing connections in its “ The Herald says that the city’s decision to prohibit sandwich board signs downtown is equivalent to the decision made by th...

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

City: Stop trying to raise the sales tax

Dear city of Durango, please, take my money. Raise my property tax. Each year my house is magically worth an additional $15,000; the average amount it has appreciated the past 15 years. I an...

DATE: Mar 5, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Here’s to women and men in business

The great screenwriter Nora Ephron, once wrote: “I hope you will find some way to break the rules and make a little trouble out there. And I also hope that you will choose to make some of th...

DATE: Mar 5, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

This ‘gun sanctuary’ won’t get my money

Now that Montezuma County commissioners have declared the county a gun sanctuary, on my bi-monthly drives through, I will no longer be spending my money at the Safeway, City Market, the gas ...

DATE: Mar 5, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

City tax hike is preventive maintenance

Understanding the truth can be difficult today. Winston Churchill said “A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.” This got me thinkin...

DATE: Mar 5, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Fabulous snow and just a few cautions

During this fabulous snow year, I want to thank the city, county and CDOT staff members who have worked tirelessly to keep our streets and roads open and safe. Although their work...

DATE: Mar 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

These two are perfect for City Council

Just in case you aren’t aware, we have a City Council election coming up – ballots will be mailed March 14 and need to be voted by April 2. I am encouraging every eligible voter to support K...

DATE: Mar 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

I like commissioner’s Mexico vacation

I read about Clyde Church’s vacation and nowhere in the article did it commend him for attending all of the meetings and carrying out other responsibilities while he was out of the country (...

DATE: Mar 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

I witnessed the dance of the snowplows

It was Wednesday (Feb. 27), the same day as garbage pick-up on my block. I heard the sounds of trucks and went out to move the dumpsters for the snow plows, thinking, “Wow! They’ve picked it...

DATE: Mar 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Tri-State power is better than you think

Recently, we have heard one narrative: First, Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association is a big, greedy, and dirty power company – only concerned with profits. Next, La P...

DATE: Mar 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Thanks, CDOT, for crushing snow hills

A big thanks goes out to CDOT for knocking down the snow hills that obstructed our view while attempting to enter the 60-mph Highway 140 in Hesperus and southward. We had huge con...

DATE: Mar 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Would you say a male councilor ‘hissed’?

An unfortunate behavior in dialogue about public policy has emerged in Durango. Especially troubling is that this sometimes seeps into news coverage. Increasingly, argumentation i...

DATE: Mar 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor