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You know what’s extreme? Fracking is.

The Wall Street Journal, Durango Herald, our two gubernatorial candidate, and of course the oil and gas industry claim that Proposition 112 is just “too extreme.” FYI: Prop. 112 d...

Mitsch Bush right choice for these times

Please join me in voting for Diane Mitsch Bush as for U.S. House of Representative. Diane is running against four-term Rep. Scott Tipton, who I believe continually fails to adequately repres...

Vote for libraries and for Clyde Church

Two years ago, the La Plata county commissioners cut to zero the funding for our branch libraries (Sunnyside and Fort Lewis Mesa). This was done without consultation with those communities. ...

Herald is blind, asleep, vote for Dems

The divisive and mean-spirited back-biting of the current political campaigning is disturbing. And, the outright dishonesty of many of the negative TV ads is even more so. Both sides engage ...

I’m trading Don Coram for Guinn Unger

Senator Don Coram’s legislative record does not support reelection. His lifetime environmental voting record, as scored by Conservation Colorado, is just 35 percent, and his education voting...

Guinn Unger will tackle healthcare

When we talk about the cost of healthcare in America, we need to consider the toll our too-expensive health care system places on millions of families. Chances are, each of us has a friend o...

Be a good neighbor and vote YES on 112

Proposition 112 serves all of Colorado. Those 2,500-foot setbacks are intended to shield from harmful substances and provide for safer and healthier environments in communities that have oil...

Barbara McLachlan has all our backs

On Nov. 6, we will be voting for Barbara McLachlan for state representative of House District 59 (that’s you, Archuleta, Gunnison, Hinsdale, La Plata, Ouray and San Juan counties). ...

Hillary was right, they’re the deplorables

“Real power is – I don’t even want to use the word – fear.” That’s Donald Trump quoted to Bob Woodward and Robert Costa in March 2016. Fear is the governing product that Republica...

Thankfully, Mitsch Bush is no Tipton

Ah, those tax cuts. Now we are seeing the effects of Republican trickle-down economics. The Sands Hotel in Las Vegas had a better than $1 billion bump in its income and millions t...

Colton Black is an unqualified upstart

Although I follow political issues daily, I have never written a letter to the editor before today. I cannot remain silent any longer. For county treasurer, I support Allison Aich...

Man in the White House is a disgrace

During Donald Trump’s campaign rally I heard him mock the “me too” movement. I heard the man who is supposed to represent the American people trivialize and dismiss the thousands of victims,...
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