Letters to the Editor - The Durango Herald

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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

Why is county finance director not here?

From what I know, the La Plata County has a standard practice of allowing its high-paid leadership to work remotely, thousands of miles from the office. So it is understandable that newly-el...

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

City sales tax increase actually a bargain

So now the city has proposed a new half-cent tax for 10 years. Why? With sales tax revenue threatened by increasing online sales, decreasing oil and gas tax revenue, increasing construction ...

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

If D.C. can go green, America can do it

Washington, D.C. became the only jurisdiction in North America that has enacted a concrete, mandatory, detailed, comprehensive law to reduce emissions at a pace compatible with keeping globa...

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

Take a bow, local snowplow drivers!

Glad to see some thanks from Suzanne Parker’s letter entitled “ Having lived here 20 years, this year was the most snow we have seen since February, 2008. I have had four plow trucks. I am ...

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

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