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A gift for average American taxpayers

President Trump and his Republicans have delivered a Merry Christmas tax package in spades. And it works. For example: The Walton family of Walmart is reported to be worth $130 b...

DATE: Dec 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Donate in defense of national monuments

The Trump administration’s plan to drastically shrink Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments is an unprecedented attack on American public lands, in spite of overwhelmin...

DATE: Dec 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Keep motors, and mussels, out of lake

Crunch crunch. Squish squish. That will be the sound of walking around Lake Nighthorse, if motorized use is allowed. It’s guaranteed because quagga mussels can cover any surface...

DATE: Dec 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Tax bill problems, let me count the ways

It was disappointing to learn that Sen. Cory Gardner and Rep. Scott Tipton voted in support of the major tax overhaul moving through Congress. Problems in this bill, evident to Colorado cons...

DATE: Dec 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Lachelt’s actions consistent, principled

This paper reported ( Both went to Washington, D.C., to represent county positions: Blake regarding the Bonita Peak Superfund Site (with airfare paid by Trout Unlimited) and Lachelt regardi...

DATE: Dec 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

What is the GOP up to with their tax proposal?

According to Jack Turban in Scientific American, “The model of social value orientation, humans can be placed into three rough categories – 60 percent of people are pro-socials, meaning they...

DATE: Dec 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Mayor’s outreach efforts, utility fall short

A couple of months ago the Herald announced that the mayor would host an opportunity to discuss issues with Mayor Dick White at a local coffee shop. I attended and discussed the ...

DATE: Dec 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

The time is right for health care for all

Please join your friends and neighbors for the Universal Health Coverage Day rally at noon on Tuesday, Dec. 12 at Buckley Park in Durango. Simultaneous rallies will be taking pla...

DATE: Dec 12, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Tipton needs to support the ‘Dreamers’

Scott Tipton must stop using the lives and dignity of immigrants as bargaining chips and support the passage of a clean Dream Act without delay. Time is running out before the en...

DATE: Dec 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Find some way to honor old pine tree

There’s a hole in our hearts and a hole in the sky at the north end of town. A grand old ponderosa was just cut down by the city. Apparently they deemed it necessary to remove t...

DATE: Dec 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Representative Tipton’s words ring hollow

I am an outdoor enthusiast. There’s nothing like a hike in the woods to forget my cares and appreciate the breathtaking beauty of our mountains in Colorado. Like most, I am concerned about p...

DATE: Dec 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Sen. Gardner must stand up for ANWR

Let’s call the effort to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling what it truly is – a political game. A recent study by the Center for American Progress ...

DATE: Dec 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor