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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...

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...

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...

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 ...

We’re ready now for a real representative

Concerned, as I am, about the situation in this dysfunctional White House and believing, as I do, that we urgently need a check and balance rather than the Republican party controlling all t...

Who wants sheep poop in their water?

While camping/hiking the upper Florida watershed – a key source for Durango city drinking water – over four days recently, I observed and photographed the following: domestic sheep excrement...

Please vote YES for Pine River Library

I urge residents of the Pine River Valley to vote YES on ballot measure 6A in November to keep our award-winning library going strong in Bayfield. The library faces a steep declin...

Jena Griswold for secretary of state

Do you know what Colorado’s secretary of state actually does? I didn’t either. But I looked into it a little, and there are at least two reasons why we should care about who holds...

Saying ‘arrogant white men’ was racist

Why publish racist letters to the editor? Steve Self’s letter to the editor (“Arrogant white men must have no place,” Sept. 26) seems to denigrate white males as people less worthy than othe...

Enough lunacy, let’s take back America

The situation with Brett Kavanaugh is just another ring in the circus known as the Trump administration. Nothing he does surprises, shocks, humiliates or physically sickens me any longer. I’...

Mitsch Bush better on climate, drought

I have been very impressed with Diane Mitsch Bush, particularly with her knowledge of complex issues and her willingness to work with all stakeholders to find solutions. One of th...

Mitsch Bush is much better on guns

Rep. Scott Tipton is in the pocket of the National Rifle Association, which named him one of their “Young Guns” and gave him an “A” rating for his votes to obstruct commonsense gun reforms t...
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