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Sen. Gardner’s memory missed Garland

You quoted Sen. Cory Gardner ( If that quote is accurate, I respectfully suggest that the senator’s fact-checker missed what happened when President Obama nominated Merrick Garland, the chi...

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

Tom James always provides a chuckle

What a hoot! Tom James always gives me a good chuckle and some nice memories when I read his “Watch Your Topknot” column. I relate to his stories as I was married to a cowboy once upon a tim...

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

Moronic provocation of the right

In response to Gatsby Fisher, (Herald, April 2, “The ironic violence of the tolerant left”), I have to bluntly ask, what the hell did you expect when you show up at a rally and you go out of...

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

New group tackling child care problems

Do you know a family that is struggling to find quality child care so the adults can work and support their family? Do you know a child who is missing the consistency of quality interactions...

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

Former CIA agent to speak to Democrats

This community notice about author Bob Baer speaking in Durango comes on behalf of the Executive Committee of the La Plata County Democrats. I want to invite everyone to hear the great autho...

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

Symchych: Can a woman win the 3rd CD?

This question might have been relevant in the 1950s, but with powerfully able women leaders as ambassadors to the UN, justices of the Supreme Court, governors and senators, it’s a question o...

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

Two camps to choose from in election

For those who have not voted yet in the LPEA board election, what is this election really about? Essentially, there are two camps on the LPEA board, the old-timers and those truly in support...

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

Each district should elect commissioner

Regarding the article, “Should counties elect commissioners by district?” ( One is the basic concept of democratic governance. Typically, we, the people, elect our representatives based on ...

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

Surely we are better than this

I am not writing this to support any political candidate. I am writing this to make a point about something that needs to change in our country. After taking a hiatus for a few months, an an...

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

Tipton, Gardner should back wilderness

I’ve been privileged to hunt elk and turkeys in the high and wild San Juan Mountains of Southwest Colorado for over a decade now. And although the San Juans are renowned for their wild and r...

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

SB 221 is about control by one party

What a difference the majority makes. J. Paul Brown opined in The Durango Herald that “I am amazed at the wisdom of our forefathers when they set up county government exactly as it is today....

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

The time to demand accountability is now

This letter is to my fellow La Plata County citizens. There are expectations attached to the public service of our elected officials – also laws – that apply to commissioners’ conduct and et...

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