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Unger for state Senate will protect us

Clean air, pure water and healthy soil to grow our food. These are the essential elements of life on earth that we literally cannot live without. While our short-term financial and material ...

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

McLachlan is better than Paul Jones

From the videos that I’ve seen from the Club 20 debates, there is one moment that stood out in my mind in which Paul Jones, candidate for Colorado House, District 59, reveals his position on...

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

Have you met McLachlan? Sheâ€™s terrific.

Do you know the hardest working member of the Colorado State House? Have you met Barbara McLachlan? Do you know a former Teacher of the Year who is a 44-year Durango resident runn...

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

Medicare for all will have big advantages

Beware of scare tactics during this election aimed at Medicare For All. Here are recent examples that demand attention: We’ll have “rationed” care: Currently, 120 Americans die...

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

Pine River Library deserves our support

I support the drive to increase the annual revenue for the award -winning Pine River Library, 2014 Best Small Library in America. This is not your father’s library anymore. It has...

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

Clyde Church for county commission

Thank you for your ongoing political coverage of local and state elections and our upcoming election for county commissioner seats. I support Clyde Church for La Plata County comm...

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

Bring back good old days with Hamby

I’m a 34-year resident of La Plata County. I miss the simpler, quieter environment of this once-small, Southwestern rural community. But as the saying goes, change is inevitable. ...

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

Big Oil is just greedy; vote YES on 112

Vote YES on ballot initiative 112, which requires that new oil and natural gas development be located at least 2,500 feet from occupied structures and other areas designated as vulnerable (t...

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

Name-brand hotels will hurt our fair city

The current building of mega-storied name-brand-hotels in the heart of Durango is going to harm existing mom-and-pop motels. Price wars will greatly reduce typical summer room rates and many...

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

Unlike Tri-State, let’s go greener now

We are at an energy crossroads. Coal was the energy of the past. It was wonderful for advancing human civilization, but it’s time to move past coal, just like we did with whale oi...

DATE: Oct 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

For businessman, city tax is essential

My family has resided in Durango since the early 1930s. Durango has gone through many changes over the years, but none more important than what we are facing right now. I will be ...

DATE: Oct 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Phil Weiser is best bet for our next AG

The election of an attorney general is an important day for Colorado. Phil Weiser is, by far, the best choice. His opponent has been a prosecutor, supportive of hard-li...

DATE: Oct 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor