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This city needs to discover real ethics

I want to alert people that the city’s neighborhood meeting for comments regarding the elimination of lots size requirements for accessory dwelling units in neighborhoods EN1, 2 and 3 has be...

DATE: Feb 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Today is finally Skip the Straw Day

In 2017, a group of middle -schoolers in Michigan created National Skip the Straw Day to fight plastic pollution. National Skip the Straw Day falls on Friday, Feb. 22 this year. ...

DATE: Feb 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Herald fails readers on news about city

I applaud the Herald’s efforts to improve media literacy. It’s important to distinguish news from opinion and fact-based journalism from fake news. So I was sorry to see “John Sim...

DATE: Feb 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Democrats are enemies of the republic

Regarding Colorado Democrats’ attempts to bypass Colorado’s Electoral College: Undermining the system given to us by the Framers demonstrates complete ignorance of our Federalist principles,...

DATE: Feb 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Get mom to join #metoo, make us great

The day I realized that women were, in fact, the stronger, more capable sex, I was having trouble getting seated during the boarding of a plane. Nearby, a young mom was handling three kids, ...

DATE: Feb 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Let’s make it illegal for Trump to lie

Congress should pass a law that makes it a felony for an elected or appointed public official to lie to the American people. Our first president was renowned for his inability t...

DATE: Feb 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Lives are more important than hurries

Thanks for the Action Line article (“ As a sixth-grader, I was good friends with Harl Kendrick at Florida Elementary School and after his accident I traveled with my mom and Ted Compton to ...

DATE: Feb 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Love my electric car, can’t wait for more

I want to thank Gov. Polis for signing the executive order that will move Colorado closer to a Zero Emission Vehicle standard. The technology is there, the majority of Coloradans ...

DATE: Feb 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Aspen throws shade on slushy Durango

Does the city of Durango have only one snow plow? What the heck was happening last Thursday during the slush-falling-from-the-sky-storm? Why did a plow not come down the lane for ...

DATE: Feb 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Trust-bust these health care providers

Recently I received a physical from a doctor who works under Centura Health, which runs Mercy Hospital and several local medical practices. The doctor asked me how I was doing with an issue ...

DATE: Feb 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Greetings from your new county assessor

As your new La Plata County assessor, I wanted to take time to thank my supporters, including the staff of the La Plata County Assessor’s Office. The task of the assessor could no...

DATE: Feb 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

The Electoral College is now perverted

The Electoral College is not so much an outdated system as a perverted one. There is no reason we shouldn’t elect presidents by a nationwide popular vote. The candidate with the m...

DATE: Feb 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor