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Keep the debate over new LUC local

Some people in La Plata County have welcomed the ultimate Trojan Horse – in the form of Americans For Prosperity, a Koch brothers-funded group that started a local chapter here in La Plata C...

DATE: Feb 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Is La Plata County a victim in recall?

Is La Plata County a victim of misguided democracy? The proposed recall for La Plata County Commissioner Gwen Lachelt says yes. Since being elected into office twice ...

DATE: Feb 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Recall would remove threat to landowners

Gwen Lachelt recently stated that the $60,000 cost of a recall election is not proper. This is the same person who authorized nearly $300,000 for a study that led the county comm...

DATE: Feb 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Effort to recall Gwen Lachelt misguided

I am concerned about the misguided effort to recall County Commissioner Gwen Lachelt. Gwen was re-elected in 2016 for a four-year term. She has an excellent attendance record at ...

DATE: Feb 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Isn’t Tri-State a special interest as well?

The term “special interest” is being hurled around a lot in our local energy debate. The most interesting use of the phrase that I’ve heard has been in the argument against creat...

DATE: Feb 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

First property tax payment due on Feb. 28

Feb. 28 is the first property tax payment deadline. All owners should have received a notice by now. If you have not, please call us and we will send you another one. This notice...

DATE: Feb 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Do not sign to recall extraordinary voice

Decline to sign the circulating petitions for unfounded efforts to recall Commissioner Gwen Lachelt. The effort is backed by dangerous influence of strangers – “Americans For Pro...

DATE: Feb 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Do not discard climate change evidence

Yikes, where has all the snow gone? We haven’t had a snowless winter like this since 2002, a year remembered for huge fires and water shortages. I am not an alarmist, but we real...

DATE: Feb 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

The involvement of ‘big brothers’ ironic

It is certainly ironic that those who would be most suspicious of “big brother” (as the term applies to central government) would invite “big brothers” (the Koch brothers) into our local aff...

DATE: Feb 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Volunteer to protect our public lands

We applaud The Durango Herald’s editorial board for their piece The editorial acknowledges a key topic that has been missing from the conversation on the value of Colorado’s outdoors and t...

DATE: Feb 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Actions fit the definition of harassment

Every woman has known men like Dave Peters, one of the people behind the recall petition effort to hound Commissioner Gwen Lachelt from office (Herald, Jan. 26). When an individu...

DATE: Feb 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Learned about paperwork the hard way

Wow. Talk about learning the hard way. Donâ€™t try to work at Durango School District 9-R if you have a serious health issue and expect Centura Health to be able to get you in to see the rig...

DATE: Feb 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor