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Now comes the renewables tipping point

Over 100 American cities and several states have passed resolutions Consider the current moment in American history. Just recently, Americans were divided about climate change, but now 72 ...

DATE: Feb 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

That’s not a tax cut, it’s a hike – yikes!

I am a retired, lower-middle class taxpayer living primarily on returns from my savings. Just out of curiosity, I recomputed my 2017 taxes filed in 2018 using the rules and rates in the Trum...

DATE: Feb 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Thanks, governor. I love my electric car.

Thank you, Gov. Polis, for making one of your first actions as governor to address clean air and climate change in Colorado. Supporting the transition to electric vehicles will sa...

DATE: Feb 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

We need wolves now more than ever

Whenever we try to play God, we inevitably get it wrong. Examples abound including fire suppression that is resulting in catastrophic fires, trans-basin diversions that de-water streams and ...

DATE: Feb 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

City’s tax is bait-and-switch proposal

Last November, voters clearly told City Council that we were not interested in a tax increase unless it was specific and left no wiggle room for city staff to bait and switch. The...

DATE: Feb 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Feeling negative? Think of John McCain

Over the past couple of months, the Opinion page has been publishing the rants, rages and attacks by a particular Bayfield resident. This gentleman seems to believe that broad-bas...

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

The Electoral College has had its day

The Herald editorial of Jan. 30 (“ By most accounts, the Electoral College was a political compromise crafted to reject direct democracy and one-person, one-vote. The original design was en...

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

Why so long to determine fire’s cause?

Why does it take so many months (since June) for the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad to be found to have been the cause of the 416 Fire in Durango last summer based on pro-train ey...

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

Sex ed bill is what teens, parents need

HB19-1032, the Youth Wellness Act, is what Colorado students need. It would update and expand Colorado’s current sex education laws to include LGBTQ youth, clarify that sex education must no...

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

Blame Tipton for shutdown’s local costs

Why did Rep. Scott Tipton vote to shut down the government again when he knows the crushing effect on his district? My recollection is he cost the Durango area several million dol...

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

Bring them all home and in one piece

Thanks, Sue Loweree, for your letter (“Pssst: Free advice, Mister President,” Dec. 24) urging President Trump to pull the troops out of Syria. I would urge all readers to call the...

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

Dirty apartment and a potty mouth

An apartment for rent brought a polite person who caused no problems, was quiet and paid his rent on time. I am a grandmotherly type who, when he asked me to mend his clothes, I d...

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