Letters to the Editor - The Durango Herald

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Travel article misspelled ‘water of life’

Throughout my 29 years in Durango, I have occasionally felt the need to admonish the Herald for spelling and grammar errors, especially in this age of rush to the internet. I rem...

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

Coverage of local mountain towns needed

We were on our way to Telluride recently and going through Rico; it was buried in snow. We found out later in Telluride that an explosion had happened in Rico just after we went ...

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

Lies are a direct threat to our democracy

No argument is too petty for little Donald Trump when it comes to assertions about size. While photographic evidence confirms the crowd that witnessed his inauguration was half the size that...

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

Error marred conservation legacy article

The article titled “Obama’s Conservation Legacy in the Four Corners” (Herald, Jan. 19), was well-written and informative, but was marred by an error in the penultimate paragraph in labeling ...

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

Work to improve, not repeal, the ACA

Recent polling by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that half of all Americans support the Affordable Care Act. An additional 28 percent don’t want to see it repealed without kn...

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

Fluoride helps those who need it most

I was a 10- or 11-year-old growing up in Durango when fluoride was first added to the city’s water supply. At the time, I well remember, the action was pilloried by some of the c...

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

Trump-run government is a sure failure

In the coverage of the DeploraBall (Herald, Jan. 21), one participant was quoted as saying, “Our government will be run like a business, and it is so exciting to watch.” I hope t...

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

Don’t waste time writing representatives

Regarding the article, “Frustrated residents seek Gardner response” (Herald, Jan. 25): Unless you are a significant monetary contributor to Congressman Tipton or Senators Gardner ...

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

Dan, hope is not the antonym of action

I take issue with Dan Olson’s column (Herald, Jan. 19) in which he expresses his enthusiasm for Derrick Jensen’s essay, “Beyond Hope.” Hope is not the opposite of action. The opp...

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

Don’t understand reasons for the march

Frankly, I was not enamored of either candidate, although I did vote for the one who seemed less problematic, but now that we have a president in place, I fail to understand the nationwide w...

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

We have a right to demand Trump divest

Trump should have thought about conflicts of interest before running for office. But he thinks himself special, and he’s bamboozled some of the public so far, so why change? Yet,...

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

About proposed hotel on Camino del Rio

I will share intimate conversations from our home directly related to the three-story proposed hotel on Camino del Rio (Herald, Jan. 11) adjacent to my favorite Natural Grocers and directly ...

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