Letters to the Editor - The Durango Herald

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With less print, carriers deserve more

There is an ad for Herald motor route carriers in the classifieds that makes one wonder about the economics of the recent publication frequency reduction. One of the routes goes ...

DATE: Aug 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

A regional leader, yes, but history was off

I am writing in response to the editorial “Renewables 2.0: Our region has been at the forefront of power production, let’s not stop now,” (Herald, July 31) to correct, and provide some addit...

DATE: Aug 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Trump takes presidential job as a joke

President Trump is proud of being a fighter, but being a dirty fighter is not a positive thing. Cheap shots, sucker punches and backstabbing is the preferred method of a coward, ...

DATE: Aug 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Thoughts on the shooting in Minneapolis

Did anyone notice riots or destruction of property, people breaking glass of local businesses or burning cars in Minneapolis – and declarations of racial discrimination – when the white yoga...

DATE: Aug 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Story confused causation with correlation

Like many people in this day of the marijuana legalization movement, your reporters seem to have difficulty in differentiating causation from correlation. The Herald (July 21) re...

DATE: Aug 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Good new/bad news on delinquent taxes

Now is the time for Colorado County Treasurers to aggressively collect delinquent property taxes. In August, we contact our current “investors.” These are the people who have pai...

DATE: Aug 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

High city water rates are not justified

With the arrival of your June water bill, consider how Durango ended up with one of the highest water rates in the state. In public meetings, the city informed us that an initial...

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

Article contained inaccurate information

In response to “City to vote on new way to measure buffer zones...” (Herald 7/17), the article noted has several quotes that I believe reflect inaccurate information. Pat Senecal...

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

Don’t forget the Maylasian 17 victims

Last month was the third anniversary of the murder of 298 people, including 80 children, by the Russian 53rd Anti-Aircraft Rocket Brigade, which shot down a Boeing 777 with a missile over Uk...

DATE: Aug 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Editorial incorrect on electric history

La Plata Electric Association (Herald, July 31) was not the successor of Durango Power and Light, Western Colorado Power was. LPEA was a small rural electric association operatin...

DATE: Aug 2, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Eclipse collander quip not smart or safe

Was the reference in your editorial (Herald, July 19) to eclipse viewing using a colander a joke? Though you did not actually endorse it, it seems irresponsible to print somethin...

DATE: Aug 2, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

N.M. lawmakers should question utilities’ coal exit

As the Executive Director of the International Climate Science Coalition, a non-partisan organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, I am writing in response to “New Mexico lawmakers ques...

DATE: Aug 1, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor