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Quit draining same sources for funds

The defeat of the 2A tax issue in November was not a NO vote for police, streets and infrastructure but a “no confidence” vote on the way the city is run. I attended the “Wicked P...

DATE: Dec 11, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

City is set to soak you more for water

On Dec. 18, the city of Durango staff is asking City Council to approve yet another increase to our water and sewer rates. I hope that Council has learned from the defeat of their...

DATE: Dec 11, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Snowberger’s apology more obfuscation

I read Dan Snowberger’s weak attempt at apologizing for how he handled matters regarding the 911 call placed in October (“School District 9-R Superintendent Dan Snowberger apologizes for rec...

DATE: Dec 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Wait – what did I just read about 9-R?

I’m sorry but did I just read that “police were not needed” but “if [Julie] Popp returned to Needham, she may be armed”? (“School District 9-R Superintendent Dan Snowberger apologizes for re...

DATE: Dec 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Great Sand Dunes ducked bullet for now

Drilling Colorado’s pristine lands The Bureau of Land Management thankfully deferred plans to offer a massive swath of land for oil and gas drilling – with some parcels less than ...

DATE: Dec 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

City, Herald, trying to fool us on roads

I find this story about the streets in Durango going to pot an absolute joke (“What’s it like to live or work on a ‘very poor’ street?,” Nov. 28). We have problems, but this story...

DATE: Dec 8, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Herald, admit Dems want open borders

The editorial in the Nov. 30 edition of the Herald (“ Yet, the fact that the current administration used tear gas now qualifies critics to call us weak. The Reagan administration...

DATE: Dec 7, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Durango! I have our next police chief

I believe that Dave Peterson has the experience, knowledge, and common sense to be the next Durango police chief. He has been employed by the city of Durango longer than any other...

DATE: Dec 7, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

We do have room for wolves in Colorado

When wolves come into a state either through natural migration or relocation, there is a similar pattern of fear and misinformation. I have worked as a veterinarian for 28 years, ...

DATE: Dec 6, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

I’ll gladly stand up for Dan Snowberger

Today’s Durango Herald editorial (Nov. 5) is titled “Who will stand up?” questioning 9-R superintendent Dan Snowberger, and the 9-R school board members, over disclosure of a recent, no doub...

DATE: Dec 6, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Costs high for power from coal-burning

I was dismayed to read the letter to the editor, “LPEA should keep rates low first” (Nov. 30). I am sure the author, Heath Rowe, is aware that the sticker price for many items is not always ...

DATE: Dec 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

We need wolves; we need to return them

Will the gray wolf return to Colorado? I believe it should, and the recent Durango Wolf Symposium presented plenty of objective scientific justification why. Efforts to strip fede...

DATE: Dec 4, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor