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Hill Stompers summon sweet memories

I read the story about the New Mexico Hill Stompers marching band with interest. I was Snowdown’s webmaster from 1996 through 2005 and I recall getting an email from the Hill Stom...

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

Hospitals should give us useful info

I read the article, “ As a board member of Consumers for Quality Care, a coalition dedicated to patients and their right to affordable, high-quality health care, I champion any efforts to p...

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

Herald should not publish Trump-bashing

I just read a letter to the editor from Gerry Fleming (“ This was not a rational letter. It was a hate piece, bashing our president, spewing lies and not worthy of print. I appre...

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

Mistake shouldn’t define Snowberger

Mr. Fredrickson’s letter (“ Obviously, Mr. Fredrickson is an anomaly. Evidently, Mr. Fredrickson has never made a mistake. One mistake does not define a man’s career. Having work...

DATE: Jan 31, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Welcome to Durango in Three Springs

The Grandview entrance to Durango deserves consideration. The San Juans already speak to you, with their magnificent splendor, as you round the curve on Camino Del Rio. Shouldn’t the city of...

DATE: Jan 31, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

City must accommodate cars, not bikes

I appreciate your editorial (“ I also find the proposal objectionable because it taxes us just outside the city limits, but we can’t vote on it. The majority of new residents here are retir...

DATE: Jan 31, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Press is ally, not enemy, of the people

On Jan. 23, the Herald printed a letter, “ It is the way of despots to muzzle the press, imprison or kill reporters and control news outlets. The press is absolutely essential to democracy,...

DATE: Jan 30, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Can we tax these second homes higher?

The article from Jan. 23 on home prices (“ We are recent transplants to the Durango area but know there are a number of second homes in the region, many of which are used to generate income...

DATE: Jan 29, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Dear lord, please don’t give us a sign

The letter from Wendy Bryant (“ Too many signs actually has the opposite of the desired effect of directing our fine citizens. One has the tendency to tune out all the clutter. R...

DATE: Jan 29, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Soon President Trump will start a war

This shutdown could have been over in 30 minutes if the mother trucker-in-command would have approved a cattle-guard on our southern border. Trump would look at this and in his warped little...

DATE: Jan 29, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Herald can’t fool board on Snowberger

I have written previously about the biased and unprofessional Herald coverage of the recent Dan Snowberger/School District 9-R issues. I argued that the media should let the 9-R board do its...

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

Parking enforcement has no integrity

I came out of the Rec Center to find a parking ticket on my car. To make maters worse, it was not a parking ticket! Upon inspection, the parking ticket I received was for an “expi...

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