Letters to the Editor - The Durango Herald

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Act will not mean loss of public control

After reading the recent editorial “Resilient Forests” (Herald, Aug. 12), I would like to offer up a few comments. The Resilient Federal Forests Act includes many different provi...

DATE: Aug 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Your reader poll link is difficult to find

How do I find the reader poll on The Durango Herald website? I have searched, but it is nowhere to be found. If you had a easy to see link, more folks would participate! ...

DATE: Aug 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Rewriting history is a form of censorship

I am disgusted by the actions of lawless individuals and groups destroying statues and symbols of our past history. Do these fools think they can somehow change our history by to...

DATE: Aug 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Do we really need a park in the sky?

In one newspaper article written by a member of the county commission (Herald, May 6), we read that funds are short, the county budget cannot be met, libraries have been closed, the Bayfield...

DATE: Aug 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Shocked to hear of decision on alcohol

Wow! I was really shocked to the news that Cortez was legalizing alcohol on the sidewalks (Journal, Aug. 9). So, if I’m a drunk from the park, I don’t have to worry about getting thrown in j...

DATE: Aug 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Healthcare system about profit, not care

Health care has been front-and-center lately. The time is ripe to reform this destructive system. Daily, Americans die from treatable disease, simply because we have a system that is about p...

DATE: Aug 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Political cartoon was actually racist

The Herald’s editorial cartoon (Aug. 18) showing a bunch of white, skateboard-nerd engineers at some unnamed company (Google, Inc.) is a perspective about white privilege, more or less. ...

DATE: Aug 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

When were new bicycle lanes voted on?

I write this as a voice for those who are not heard and are ignored in this once-great town. As a voice to speak out for the neighborhoods up Junction Creek and other neighborhoods that are ...

DATE: Aug 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Safe advice for teachers, kids on eclipse

After reading your editorial about the eclipse (Herald, July 19), I am compelled to respond with some safety advice regarding viewing the upcoming eclipse. The eclipse will occur...

DATE: Aug 19, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Sensational headline did a disservice

Whoever let the headline “Housing growth not safe” in the weekend edition be printed should be ashamed of a somewhat alarming headline. Unsafe housing at Three Springs! Oh no! The...

DATE: Aug 19, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

To honor diversity is to honor America

I was among the many who were profoundly shocked at hearing Trump’s statement that there were “nice people” among the white supremacists who demonstrated in Charlottesville. I w...

DATE: Aug 19, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Slow down on our unpaved county roads

I live along a dirt through road that connects U.S. Highway 160 with Florida Road, so the cars and big trucks that use it are not always local. Traffic is heavy at times, and fas...

DATE: Aug 19, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor