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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

Sean Smith has the leadership we need

I recently read challenger-for-sheriff Charles Hamby’s website. Other than platitudes about community safety and law and order, I found nothing in his stated positions. Is this a case of the...

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

City tax hike shows police that we care

My husband and I have been residents of Durango for over 40 years. We were delighted when the property tax for the fire department passed last year, and we both feel strongly that our police...

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

These attorneys are locomotive chasers

The recent article purporting to explain the attorneys’ motives for their suit against the railroad for allegedly starting the 416 Fire omitted some information (“Lawyers discuss lawsuit in ...

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