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Time to build consensus on climate

Why we should believe in the science of climate change? As humans we believe in a great many things. Belief can be described as “an opinion or judgment in which a person is fully...

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

If the paper dies, how will we know?

The handwriting is on the wall. First seven days per week...then four days...then it will be RIP! But how will we know? Especially if the obituaries donâ€™t run on an...

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

Gardner should preserve methane rule

Senator Cory Gardner is still undecided on whether or not he will vote to repeal the BLM Methane Rule under the Congressional Review Act. Here in the southwest corner of Colorado...

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

Brookie builds consensus, compromise

City councilors are playing increasingly important roles in settings like ours, given the breadth and depth of issues facing us here in the West. Adapting to climate change, population growt...

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

Fluoride: one more chemical we don’t need

Science does not create the creation. It discovers and learns from it. And while science has discovered saliva glands in the cheeks of humans, it has never discovered fluoride gl...

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

Non-partisan election?

I am an unaffiliated voter because I cannot support the ideologies of either party, Democrat or Republican. I’m fiscally conservative, yet socially progressive. Dave McHenry has ...

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

Youssef prepared and knowledgeable

Melissa Youssef has my highest recommendation for your vote for Durango City Council. Melissa writes a blog, “From Your Front Row Seat,” because she has been in the front row for years prepa...

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

McHenry a steady, responsible leader

After studying all of the candidates, I have decided that David McHenry is uniquely qualified to serve on the Durango City Council. He was part of the team responsible for large construction...

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

Favorable firsthand impression of Bettin

I attended the League of Women Voters Forum for Durango City Council candidates and came away with fresh impressions of the candidates, the sort of impression one can get by being in the roo...

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

Thoughts on the concealed carry permit

I have had to reconcile my appreciation for the Second Amendment and the state’s requirement for a permit to carry a firearm in a concealed manner. I have come to the following: ...

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

Water fluoridation protects public health

I am a public health professional who is invested in improving the health of all Coloradans. I have witnessed the costs and consequences of poor oral health, particularly in children who liv...

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

Anti-fluoride argument is anti-science

As someone with a graduate degree in meteorology who works in climate change modeling, I’m dismayed by those who discount the work of scientists, who should be regarded as authorities in the...

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