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Scott should embrace carbon dividend

In “Let Obama’s Clean Power Plan rest in peace” (Herald, Oct. 26), state Senator Ray Scott celebrates cancellation of the Clean Power Plan, but he deftly skirts the obvious topic of alternat...

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

Shine a light on hate when you see it

Did you read Connie Schultz’s column (Herald, Oct. 27) and think that hate happens elsewhere, but not in Durango? We would have agreed, except for the interaction we had with a l...

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

Tipton’s actions don’t match his words

Our representative, Scott Tipton, voted in favor of an act that threatens our shared public lands. The act, ironically named National Monument Creation and Protection Act, would m...

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

BOCC actions bolster public perception

It should come as no surprise that only 15 people attended the First, 4 p.m. is not a good time for anyone who may have wanted to attend. I suspect that 80 to 90 percent of the county taxp...

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

Are trails at Lake Nighthorse a reality?

We have been told that the Lake Nighthorse area will have hiking trails. Now that the city will be annexing Lake Nighthorse, I emailed the city planning department asking how much land the c...

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

Farago: We should not judge yesterday by today

I just finished reading Andy Gulliford’s article in the weekend edition (Herald, Oct. 21), I want to thank Gulliford for this interesting and very thought-provoking essay. It made me think...

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

Reputation diminished, but not Gulliford’s

Shame on you, President Thomas, for considering dismissing Dr. Gulliford simply because an overly sensitive author thought some words used in his book were protected by law. Fortunately, a c...

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

Editorial out of touch on Nighthorse

In a recent editorial (Oct. 18), about the petitioners wanting a motorized no-wake zone on Lake Nighthorse the Herald wrote, “That’s asinine.” As one who obtained around 100 of th...

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

Not up to women to change rape culture

Current events nationally and locally offer a learning opportunity about rape culture. It’s not whether or not women are drinking alcohol. It’s unrelated to the cloth...

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

People are realizing Trump is not a leader

If the values of honesty, integrity and character were important to all Americans, Donald Trump would not be sitting in the Oval Office. Sens. Corker, McCain and Flake are fighti...

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

Why provide services to non-citizens?

I’m speaking now as an American citizen, not a Republican, Democrat, Libertarian, Independent, white, black, brown, yellow, gay, straight, Catholic, Jew, atheist, feminist, white supremacist...

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

Finally, we have a real leader in charge

The Herald recently published an article written by Larry Gross (Oct. 14), who shared his Jewish families’ path to the U.S. and all their great accomplishments once they got here – while in ...

DATE: Nov 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor