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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...

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...

Epstein: Supporting incest survivors means working to end it

As someone who was sexually harassed in the past, I know about the inner-pain that victims and survivors experience. But, as someone who spent five years as a counselor and a therapist worki...

Coral reefs endangered by climate change

I am very concerned about climate change and the losses we are experiencing, and will continue to experience, if we do not address this issue immediately. Our coral reefs are exp...

Don’t let national news affect local need

In the wake of national news that the Humane Society of the United States is going through a major sexual harassment scandal involving top executives – and has a board that refuses to fire a...

I support Gwen and her rational policies

I am speaking out against the misleading recall effort targeting La Plata County Commissioner Gwen Lachelt. Above all, I support Commissioner Lachelt’s rational protection of o...

Do not support the Lachelt recall effort

As a resident of La Plata County, I am alarmed by the desire of some to recall County Commissioner Gwen Lachelt. Twice I have voted for Gwen because she shares my values on the i...

A timely reminder to Sen. Cory Gardner

“Will you defend Mueller’s ability to complete his investigation?” I asked you at the town hall in Durango this August past. Senator Gardner, to my honest surprise and much appla...

We should be outraged by Kochs’ efforts

Regardless of your political leanings, you should be outraged that an outside, big money, Koch brothers-funded organization is using La Plata County as a proxy for ousting “progressive” elec...

Attack politics is not the way forward

The rumor mill is ablaze with nonsense: a neighbor this week told me that the new land use plan would have the county tell you what color to paint your house! Time to exhale. App...

Recall effort is an affront to all voters

Just when you thought politics couldn’t get dirtier or uglier, here come the Koch brothers to Durango. One of the first targets of this out-of-state, anti-land use planning cabal...

Lachelt was duly elected, so deal with it

The majority of La Plata County voters did not vote for our current president. And we hear constantly from his supporters that we should “deal with it and get over it.” Yet it is...
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