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Editorial on Mideast is a Trumpian insult

Your editorial of Dec. 28 (“ The Trumpian tantrum headline surely calls to mind Charles Lindbergh’s pro-Nazi isolationism just before World War II. Unless you are attempting to co-opt those...

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

Don’t be swayed by the anti-tax crowd

I write this note in support of the dedicated recreation sales tax that Durango’s citizens approved in 2015. Durango has been fortunate to have had many years of gas tax revenues ...

DATE: Dec 31, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

I want Durango to leverage the wealthy

I want to live in a community where as many residents as possible feel welcome and safe. I want it to be known as more than a place to drink beer and ski by college students and t...

DATE: Dec 31, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Articles about Snowberger are unhelpful

I have worked in school districts across the country over my 40-year career. Dan Snowberger of 9-R stands out as an excellent superintendent. He is present in classrooms, giving h...

DATE: Dec 31, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

The season to thank locals on 416 Fire

As my wife Ellen and I reflect on 2018, we are so thankful for those in this community who – day in and day out – place others before themselves. They are the professionals (caree...

DATE: Dec 30, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Skyridge must be made safe from fire

As a resident of Skyridge, I am very concerned about the fire danger threatening the inhabitants. Skyridge residents live at the interface of open land with dense oak brush forest...

DATE: Dec 30, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

These stupid, reckless, selfish drivers

Stupid reckless selfish drivers Recently, within three days, I was almost involved in two different automobile accidents as a result of two stupid, impatient drivers, by their imp...

DATE: Dec 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Tax credits can help with insurance cost

Thank you for the recent article on the cost of health insurance which pointed out the acute challenge of high premiums in rural areas of our state (“High health insurance prices mean ill wi...

DATE: Dec 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Winston, the British lion, is still roaring

Thank you for publishing the review of the excellent biography of Churchill, by Andrew Roberts (“An antidote to idiocy in new Churchill biography,’ Dec. 20). I was one of the esti...

DATE: Dec 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Where is all this water coming from?

I found myself thirsty after reading “ There’s a 400-home subdivision planned for east of Bayfield. At Three Springs, they’re talking 2,300 homes, and in Twin Buttes, up to 655. In Edgemon...

DATE: Dec 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

You look just like an ostrich on climate

In response to Robert Goodrich’s letter, “ I realize head-in-the-sand denialism is one way to deal with the realization that we are all responsible. But to dream up the conspiracy that “eli...

DATE: Dec 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Math shows that Council is reasonable

In this weekend edition there was Actually, an increase of 159 percent in 16 years is about an annual increase of 3 percent; an annual increase of 10 percent per year for 16 years would be...

DATE: Dec 25, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor