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City’s tax is bait-and-switch proposal

Last November, voters clearly told City Council that we were not interested in a tax increase unless it was specific and left no wiggle room for city staff to bait and switch. The...

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

Feeling negative? Think of John McCain

Over the past couple of months, the Opinion page has been publishing the rants, rages and attacks by a particular Bayfield resident. This gentleman seems to believe that broad-bas...

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

The Electoral College has had its day

The Herald editorial of Jan. 30 (“ By most accounts, the Electoral College was a political compromise crafted to reject direct democracy and one-person, one-vote. The original design was en...

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

Why so long to determine fire’s cause?

Why does it take so many months (since June) for the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad to be found to have been the cause of the 416 Fire in Durango last summer based on pro-train ey...

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

Sex ed bill is what teens, parents need

HB19-1032, the Youth Wellness Act, is what Colorado students need. It would update and expand Colorado’s current sex education laws to include LGBTQ youth, clarify that sex education must no...

DATE: Feb 5, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Blame Tipton for shutdown’s local costs

Why did Rep. Scott Tipton vote to shut down the government again when he knows the crushing effect on his district? My recollection is he cost the Durango area several million dol...

DATE: Feb 5, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Bring them all home and in one piece

Thanks, Sue Loweree, for your letter (“Pssst: Free advice, Mister President,” Dec. 24) urging President Trump to pull the troops out of Syria. I would urge all readers to call the...

DATE: Feb 5, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Dirty apartment and a potty mouth

An apartment for rent brought a polite person who caused no problems, was quiet and paid his rent on time. I am a grandmotherly type who, when he asked me to mend his clothes, I d...

DATE: Feb 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

You can’t treat a baby turtle this way!

In case you don’t know, If you have a light turned on that causes a turtle hatchling to die, you can be charged with causing a death. But of course, it’s a different story when somebody stic...

DATE: Feb 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Brake for car braking ahead of you

Hey, news flash! When a person brakes on a highway while traveling allotted speeds, there is usually a good reason. Maybe there are deer on the road. Maybe the vehicles following ...

DATE: Feb 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Second homeowners deserve a break

A recent transplant, Diane Goodchild, proposed that second homeowners in the area should have a higher tax rate than full-time residents (“ I wonder if she stopped to consider that second h...

DATE: Feb 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

City should answer these five questions

Good infrastructure – roads, sidewalks, facilities – is an essential foundation of any great community. And every city has a responsibility to its community members to be transparent, accoun...

DATE: Feb 2, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor