Letters to the Editor - The Durango Herald

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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

City needs to change spending choices

The city needs to reconsider the Animas River Trail extension to Oxbow Park this year as budget shortfalls are cropping up everywhere. The put-in at Memorial Park II was just remo...

DATE: Jan 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Paper should call letter writer a liar

In response to the letter “ A simple fact-check of Mike Sigman’s letter would illustrate my point. By simply reading the AP and Washington Post articles, it becomes clear that the diplomat ...

DATE: Jan 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

My letter to editor was misinterpreted

My recent letter, submitted to the Herald with the subject line “Don’t Discredit the Women’s Movement,” condemned the “atrocious statements,” “appalling anti-Semitic comments” and “unaccepta...

DATE: Jan 24, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

I don’t want this can. Where’s the lake?

I have lived here by Park School (East 6th Avenue) for 45 years and have never had a bear rummage through my trash. I keep it secured until the morning it goes out. No one asked i...

DATE: Jan 24, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Local Democrats killing us with taxes

Wow, such quick action! Once the only fiscally responsible commissioner was replaced by a Democrat, it took less than a month for the three La Plata County commissioners to start screaming f...

DATE: Jan 24, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Trump more honest than liberal media

The Associated Press story in the Herald about Trump “degrading” the EU ambassador was simply false/fake news designed to smear Trump. I’m not a Trump fan, but compared to liberal...

DATE: Jan 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor