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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

Without tax hike, city could fall apart

My family has resided in Durango since the 1930s. Durango has gone through many changes over the years, but none more important than what we are facing right now. I will be the fi...

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

We can work together on climate change

Letter writer Gary L. Boyd (“This isn’t warming, it’s global cooling,” Feb. 24) is correct in that the sun does power a planet’s climate system. However, its atmosphere also has a profound i...

DATE: Feb 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

A better way to plow Durango streets?

Durango has been doing snow removal the same way for a long time and, by golly, it’s not going to try any newfangled way of doing it any time soon. Durango’s snow removal plan (o...

DATE: Feb 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Editorials don’t seem current, intelligent

Two recent editorials, “ It seems that the column should reflect a synthesis and opinion about current topics and issues, and reflected as intelligent thought. Corey Sue Hutchins...

DATE: Feb 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor