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Motor access isn’t being threatened

Patrick McKay wrote a letter critical of Sen. Michael Bennet’s proposed Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy act (“ As a resident of the San Juans, I know that the act in no way will aff...

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

Be careful with these DMV scammers

I decided to pay our latest Colorado Vehicle License Renewal online at mydmv.colorado.gov as shown on the postcard we received from the La Plata Clerk and Recorder’s office. What a nightmare...

DATE: Mar 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Our city government is out of control

Our city government is out of control. The city manager is allowing Parks & Recreation Director Cathy Metz to push the start of construction of the $12 million northern trail extension in di...

DATE: Mar 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Leave charming sandwich boards alone

I love the sandwich boards in downtown Durango. Theyâ€™re creative and charming and add flavor to Durango. Marianne Spencer Pearlman Durango ...

DATE: Mar 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Intolerance fostered by local news media

The March 8 editorial, “ Check the number of anti-Trump cartoons and syndicated columns that have run in the Herald since and even before,Trump was elected. One column that really sticks ou...

DATE: Mar 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

City tax hike is very small, conservative

I support YES on 1A for Durango. We have one of the most beautiful places to live and work and raise families. To keep it that way and move forward, as some tax revenues decrease...

DATE: Mar 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

We need some better ways of taxing

Although I live in the county, I drive Durango roads every day and they are in need of long overdue maintenance. Durango residents have made it clear they donâ€™t want a tax incre...

DATE: Mar 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Intolerance can be solved with education

The tone of “ Changing a culture of intolerance requires more than listening to a Republican or a Democrat. Intolerance is a culture of distrust, of wanting to prove a point, of seeing outs...

DATE: Mar 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

End harmful ‘traffic calming’ in Durango

Approximately 30 years ago, after a Durango City Council member lost a family member in a traffic accident, the council instituted traffic calming – narrowing of lane width, lowering speed l...

DATE: Mar 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

This lands act is a disingenuous grab

Lately I have been seeing articles and editorials advocating for Sen. Michael Bennetâ€™s Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy act, based on the fiction that there is a consensus of stakeh...

DATE: Mar 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Who was the moped rider in the storm?

Did anybody see the person on the moped Saturday (Feb. 23) headed south down the mountain on 550, right where the train crosses under the tracks, about 8:30 a.m. during the snow storm? ...

DATE: Mar 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Sen. Cory Gardner leads on environment

Sen. Cory Gardner announced at the 2019 Conservative Political Action Conference that he is co-founding the bicameral Roosevelt Conservation Caucus to develop market-based solutions to envir...

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