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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

Spend no more money on bridge fiasco

“Piecing it together” (Herald, Oct. 20) is like, in mining, hitting “pay dirt” or “the vein” and not filing a claim. In oil, it would be drilling a “gusher” without leasing the l...

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

Details in recent article were disgusting

I am not one of the readers that is quick to judge the writers for poor word choice, sentence structure or grammatical errors. I am going to pass judgement on the Herald’s lack o...

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

Williams: What I learned from the CDC regarding suicide prevention

I am taking a social policy class and I wrote a report on suicides in La Plata County because it has been very high for the nation, which really concerns me. I researched what th...

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

Many are in pain

Regarding Lisa Jacob’s letter (Herald, Oct. 29), I strongly agree and I would like to add these additional thoughts: There are many more “victims” of this alleged assault, albeit ...

DATE: Nov 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Tipton’s column ignored climate change

Climate change is totally missing from Congressman Tipton’s column on forest health and wildfires, “The truth about forest health,” (Herald, Sept. 16). Warming temperatures (pred...

DATE: Nov 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Bonham: The mill levy is unfair to property owners

According to Whether the additional revenue is justified, or not, is a separate issue. Attempting to raise it via increased property taxes is just plain unfair. Those requestin...

DATE: Nov 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

No fan of taxes, I support DFPD increase

I grew up in a high tax state that is now on the brink of bankruptcy. I have lived in Colorado since 1979. When I hear stories from my classmates back home in respect to their on...

DATE: Nov 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

‘Now is not the time’ politics dangerous

The recent letter to the editor (Herald, Oct. 18) alleging McConnell and Sanders as accomplices to murder for refusing to act on gun control highlights one example of the dangers of “now is ...

DATE: Nov 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Tipton’s actions desecrate national gems

The greatest president in modern times, and indeed one of the greatest Americans, President Franklin D. Roosevelt once said, “There is nothing so American as our national parks.... The fund...

DATE: Nov 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Tipton’s vote really makes no sense at all

Rep. Scott Tipton, who sits on the House Natural Resources Committee, just voted to gut the 1906 Antiquities Act, which I find somehow weird. The very first national park created...

DATE: Nov 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor