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Recall is not part of the LUC solution

I’m appalled at the effort to recall County Commissioner Gwen Lachelt. She was elected fairly and serves with distinction, and has done nothing illegal or unethical that would warrant a reca...

DATE: Feb 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

We will pay for outside interference

Looks like La Plata County is really on the map now with the Koch brothers’ Americans for Prosperity dumping chunks of big money into our community to influence our elections. An...

DATE: Feb 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Test your water resourcefulness at home

Have fun seeing how efficiently you use water from when it leaves the spigot to when it leaves your property (assumption: you use biodegradable soap). Use less laundry detergent,...

DATE: Feb 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Good to see neighbors involved in process

I’m glad to see my neighbors getting involved in the county planning process! My two cents: I only read the Herald headlines online, but I’ve known that the planning process wrec...

DATE: Feb 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Let Bayfield voters decide pot question

I did not attend the meeting in Bayfield (Herald, Jan. 31).That was a fault on my side. Most things are complicated and have no easy answers. I do question why John Beebe was giv...

DATE: Feb 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Join us for more ‘music of thought’

On Tuesday, Feb. 6, I was privileged to experience a wonderful experiment in mind bonding. Two very knowledgeable minds collaborated to share the wonderful music of thought. They ...

DATE: Feb 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Lachelt’s talk of wasting money laughable

Your recent front page article (Herald, Feb. 2) quoting Gwen Lachelt got my attention when she remarked that the citizen recall movement was a waste of taxpayer money because she was term-li...

DATE: Feb 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Signers are good, hardworking locals

Lately, all I’ve been reading about is the Koch brothers and Americans for Prosperity hoodwinking dimwitted county residents into uprooting Commissioner Gwen Lachelt. Lachelt herself is fann...

DATE: Feb 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Funds for recall vote are from our pockets

#RecallGwen has become quite the catchphrase in Durango these last few weeks. I personally jumped on the bandwagon when I heard her statement, “I was elected to make the decisions.” ...

DATE: Feb 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Ohman: Steam, smoke and Snowdown

When I was the Special Sections editor at The Durango Herald from 2008-2010, I was driving into town from home near Purgatory. I happened upon the Snowdown Balloon Race launch as the train s...

DATE: Feb 15, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

School district 9-R needs new leadership

Community for 9R Accountability is a grassroots parent group seeking transparency and accountability in our school district. In response to an upcoming vote to extend the Superin...

DATE: Feb 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

In support of Commissioner Gwen Lachelt

The intent of this letter is to show support for our conscientious, dutiful and duly elected county commissioner, Gwen Lachelt. In my opinion, she is doing the very thing that al...

DATE: Feb 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor