Letters to the Editor - The Durango Herald

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Impact fees are essential to smart growth

The recent article about impact fees (Herald, July 25) seems obvious. Of course, growth should pay its own way, particularly with the increase in second homes in the area. I can’...

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

Purgatory stalwart ‘Bal’ needs help

Our pal “Bal” needs our help! Last Monday, one of our own was injured in an unfortunate accident heading to work on his bicycle. Chris “Bal” Balcunus, a 40-year emplo...

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

Remember Gardner’s health care votes

As I write this on July 26, our Sen. Gardner is in Senate chambers voting in favor of bill after bill that would destroy the Affordable Care Act without replacing it with anything comparabl...

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

Insurance market needs stabilization

Health care dominated questioning at the town hall held in Durango on Aug. 4 (Herald, Aug. 5). Before the Affordable Care Act, more than 41 million people were uninsured. While ...

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

Water rate fiasco related to cost of ALP

The irony in the cost of water in Durango being raised so high people in Durango can’t use the water (Herald, Aug. 2) is tremendous. The price increases are not for anybody prese...

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

McInnis’ vote against LPEA hurt locals

I recently read the article “LPEA renewable energy goal faces uncertain future” (Herald, July 23). The article highlights a recent vote by our LPEA board member Kohler McInnis at...

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

Eliminate odors attractive to local bears

I read the story about bear “unwelcome mats” made from carpet tack strips (Herald, July 28), and thought it worth a comment. The injury a carpet tack strip does to bears’ feet amounts to uns...

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

We need to pay attention to our climate

Lyndon Johnson said, “If future generations are to remember us more with gratitude than sorrow, we …(need to) leave them a glimpse of the world as it was created, not just as it looked when ...

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

Questions on cost of trail construction

I read with interest the Herald article of 27 July regarding plans for improvements to the Durango trail system. I was amazed at the numbers given for the costs of such replaceme...

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

Owner obviously does not deserve a dog

This story (Herald, Aug. 1) of the man who used duct tape on his dog made me so sad and mad at the same time! How can anyone treat an animal this way? My hope is that this dog be...

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

Display our flag properly or not at all

For more than three months the American flag at the La Plata County baseball concession building waved its tattered and torn fabric for all to see; our citizens and tourists alike. ...

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

Bear unwelcome mat a useful invention

May I be among those congratulating Jim Sims for his inventive bear deterrent mats. This example of visionary creativity and practical problem-solving is proof-positive of Americ...

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