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Open letter to Sanders and McConnell

To Sarah Sanders and Mitch McConnell: How dare you talk to us citizens like we are idiots, saying that, “This is not the time!” So, if a mass shooting death toll reache...

DATE: Oct 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

I am parting ways with the newspaper

The Durango Herald and I are parting ways. Reading yesterday’s horoscope just doesn’t do it. Finding out what’s going on in town Saturday morning on Saturday afternoon doesn’t work either. ...

DATE: Oct 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

LPCHS forfeiting revenue, failing mission

Why is the La Plata County Humane Society (LPCHS) not actively pursuing getting dogs licensed and increasing their own financial stability ($10/year for an altered dog and $25 or $55 for an ...

DATE: Oct 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Ruddell: Local First petition is misguided

As a business owner, we were contacted by Local First to support its petition demanding the city purchase 100 percent of its energy needs from local renewable energy sources by 2050. Apparen...

DATE: Oct 17, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Support DFPD for services we count on

Please vote yes for the Durango Fire Protection District. In the course of fall 2016 and winter and spring of 2017, our family was in need of the DFPD in emergency situations due...

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

Why bring up Bill and Monica again?

In your Friday, Oct. 13 edition you had an editorial cartoon of Harvey Weinstein reading a newspaper about his alleged many sexual assaults, and suggesting that since his Hollywood career is...

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

Newcomer brings mental health bridge

When my ballot comes in the mail this month, I will vote with confidence for Emily Newcomer for the Durango 9-R school board and encourage others to do the same. Emily will serve ...

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

It is truly time for this president to go

This administration is so corrupt and dangerous I can’t even joke about it anymore. The only fake news that comes out of Washington is from “Twitty Bird” himself. For the future o...

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

Tipton’s energy policy tainted by donors

Rep. Scott Tipton is fond of calling his energy approach an all-of-the-above energy policy, which sounds innocent enough. It means endorsing gas, oil, coal, wind, solar and hydroelectric pow...

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

DFPD services essential to the elderly

I would like to just say how much the fire department has helped my family from the standpoint of emergency services, and ask for you to vote yes for the Durango Fire Protection District. ...

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

Politics, religion are mixing dangerously

If you doubt the Republican Party is morphing into the Christian Hezbollah, the election of Alabama’s Roy Moore for U.S. Senate should dispel your uncertainty. The once-and-disgraced Chief J...

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

Ways to heal land’s indigenous people

Today I am thinking about the Ute Mountain people, who are still experiencing incredible rates of poverty and other issues that relate to inter-generational trauma. I am thinking about the D...

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