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Attacks on Jared Polis are anti-Semitic

There are new anti-Polis mailers and advertisements going around the state. Carrying the line “phony Polis,” they are certainly hard to miss. It’s also hard to miss the hateful negativity th...

DATE: Oct 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Let’s keep Brad Blake, he’s doing great

In this era of continual political conflict, I would hope that residents of La Plata County would appreciate having county commissioners who are committed to working together for the public ...

DATE: Oct 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

74 only good for lawyers, corporations

Amendment 74 is nothing more than a retaliatory measure against Proposition 112, the safer setback ballot issue. Initiated by Protect Colorado, the PAC for the oil and gas industry, 74 would...

DATE: Oct 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Suing train over fire is bad for tourism

Some citizens and business owners of Durango and Silverton have filed civil suits against the Durango train company because of loss of business due to the fire. First, the cause o...

DATE: Oct 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

We all want the same things, don’t we?

Voters of the 3rd U.S. congressional district, I am a Democrat and I will be voting for Diane Mitsch Bush. Please don’t quit reading because of my admission. In these polarized ti...

DATE: Oct 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Still have free speech, for good and ill

What should be a problem solver is no more than a problem maker in all aspects of society. Take politics. Everyone must have slept at a Holiday Inn Express since there are so many subject-ma...

DATE: Oct 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Diane Mitsch Bush supports equal rights

If you care about civil rights, your vote should be for Diane Mitsch Bush. Ratings by civil rights groups do not favor Rep. Scott Tipton: The NAACP rated him 0 percent on civil rights; the A...

DATE: Oct 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

I did not think letter was anti-Semitic

I just read a letter from Leah Karotkin where she writes how “as a Jew” she was so offended by a letter written by Richard Messier (“Nazi analogy doesn’t belong in Herald,” Oct. 23). In his ...

DATE: Oct 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Smith as sheriff is doing the right thing

I have worked for the La Plata County Sheriff’s Office for 30 years in many different capacities and am currently the undersheriff. I am also a Republican. Prior to Sheriff Sean Smith being ...

DATE: Oct 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Allison Aichele has earned another term

The Herald got it wrong when it endorsed Colton Black for treasurer. Somehow, he convinced them he is qualified. I would not entrust a $1,000 investment to someone with so little experience ...

DATE: Oct 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Where does indy Jones get his money?

I consider myself a progressive and an independent thinker, but I don’t agree with Paul Jones’s “independent” candidacy against Barbara McLachlan. Speaking Saturday in Durango, Jones said he...

DATE: Oct 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

And now, a supporter of Amendment 74

Too many Coloradans are unaware that current laws allow the government to reduce property values more than 90 percent without having to provide compensation! As a fourth-generatio...

DATE: Oct 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor