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Are transit head salaries being cut, too?

The cuts to the city transit system due to budget issues has been published in this newspaper along with comments from people affected by these cuts to this service. I question t...

DATE: Mar 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

LPEA should buck the energy status-quo

Recent articles have discussed how energy companies like Xcel and Exxon are investing in renewable energy because of its viability as a future major energy source. If the energy tycoons can ...

DATE: Mar 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Let’s make school a safe place again

At the age of 9, I was herded out into the middle of an open field with the rest of my elementary school while the teachers frantically whispered to each other over our heads, “How many chil...

DATE: Mar 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Mitchell: Putting it all on the table for public and school safety

My 14-year-old daughter asked if her school is safe. That’s a tough question for parents. Colorado should lead the nation to reduce school and mass shootings. We need a non-political task fo...

DATE: Mar 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Taking an active role in school safety

As a parent of children in our middle and high schools, I feel compelled to bring up the issue of school safety in Durango. I believe that all parents in our community who have kids attendin...

DATE: Mar 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

We all must work to meet student needs

I attended safety meetings at both 9-R and Animas High School. Emotions are high and I commend everyone who is working so hard to keep our students safe physically and supported emotionally....

DATE: Mar 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Let’s work to keep our county united

I think that there must be a good number of people out there who have been reading the letters to the editor lately regarding the recall efforts against Gwen Lachelt and thinking to themselv...

DATE: Mar 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Thank you for all the help and memories

This will be my final year as coach for the Bayfield School District. It has been a great honor over the past 30 years to serve the players, coaching staffs, schools and communities of the f...

DATE: Mar 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Lachelt not representing all interests

Gwen Lachelt’s support of the proposed land-use code shows her lack of respect for individual property rights. She shows a lack of respect for mineral property rights, too. Althou...

DATE: Mar 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

We can do better than Rep. Scott Tipton

Scott Tipton does not represent me. Big oil, big banks, NRA, yes, but not me. I believe climate change, and the continued degradation of our planet, is the most significant threa...

DATE: Mar 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Calculating the real costs of gun violence

We hear of “solutions” to the issue of trying to protect our children while they are in school. It may be time for us to turn to the marketplace, since prohibiting individuals from unbridled...

DATE: Mar 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Schmeling: Pass SB18-097 concealed hand gun carry

Constitutional carry or jacket tax? As reported by Channel 13 in Colorado Springs on March 8, “A proposal in the Colorado legislature that would allow people to carry a concealed handgun wit...

DATE: Mar 20, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor