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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...

DATE: Feb 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

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...

DATE: Feb 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

LPEA board needs to unite for our health

A Herald article on Jan. 20 mentioned the contention at the prior La Plata Electric Association board meeting over a proposed “long-range planning committee.” A flyer circulated ...

DATE: Feb 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Don’t sign the petition to recall Lachelt

The attempt by the Koch brothers and their followers to recall County Commissioner Gwen Lachelt is unfounded and unnecessary. The entire process of a special election will cost t...

DATE: Feb 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Urge Congress to act on the ‘Dream Act’

I am a member of the area community and am writing in support of “Dreamers.” I believe Congress needs to act to pass the “Dream Act” that provides a path to citizenship for them....

DATE: Feb 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Time to tell Koch brothers to buzz off

Most people who live in La Plata County don’t like it when people from outside the county try to dictate what we should and shouldn’t do with our laws, resources, schools, etc. A...

DATE: Feb 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Come get involved in the public process

Wow, I just read in the Herald this morning that 400 people attended a meeting to discuss the land-use code (Feb. 2). The article mentions that the district plans should be updated. ...

DATE: Feb 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Energy subsidies distort the free market

Rep. Tipton states he favors an economy anchored in low taxes and a free market. A free market is defined as a system in which prices are determined by an open market, in which the laws of s...

DATE: Feb 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

No one has done more for us than Gwen

Not so long ago, in a land not so far away, a man disliked his neighbor. He called me to ask if it was legal for him to place a pig sty within a few feet of his neighbor’s home. I referred h...

DATE: Feb 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

LPEA: adopt to a changing energy future

La Plata Electric Association is our member owned electric cooperative. We elect its board of directors, and in turn it is their responsibility to make educated decisions. While ...

DATE: Feb 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Don’t let outsiders undermine community

I’d laugh at the irony, if not for the disturbing national trend that is visiting our special corner of the West. The Koch Brothers – of Koch Industries fracking wealth and fame ...

DATE: Feb 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Standard test reveals much about Trump

About 14 months ago, I tried to warn readers of this newspaper about the perils of electing a psychopath to be president of the United States. Trump supporters bristle at that characterizati...

DATE: Feb 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor