Letters to the Editor - The Durango Herald

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Let’s make ColoradoCare work for us all

I’m voting for Amendment 69 – ColoradoCare. I ran the numbers and they work for my family. When the dust settles, our medical benefits will expand and we’ll save over...

DATE: Oct 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Minimum wage hike a moral imperative

We are so fortunate to live in this community and in the state of Colorado: its natural beauty, the values and attitude of the people here, the opportunities to grow families in a place that...

DATE: Oct 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Airport issue really comes down to access

As a cancer survivor, business owner and resident of this community, I urge all voters to approve the initiative to expand the airport. What does cancer have to do with our airpo...

DATE: Oct 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Would anyone pick health care we have?

Imagine for a moment that the U.S. had universal health care similar to all other industrialized countries, and that Amendment 69 was a proposal for the insurance based system we currently ...

DATE: Oct 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Vote for good government; vote for Gwen

I’ve lived in La Plata County for 36 years and seen a tremendous amount of growth and change. I’ve experienced county commissioner boards that have positively affected our citizens and reso...

DATE: Oct 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Lachelt’s qualities benefit commission

As I grow older, I become more cognizant of how important it is to put our lives together in meaningful, thoughtful ways that allow for healthy relationships, service to community and self-c...

DATE: Oct 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Brown will protect us from ‘carbon tax’

The Herald on Sept. 25 carried an editorial touting a “carbon tax” and claiming that such a tax would be an efficient means of combatting global climate change brought on by the burning of f...

DATE: Oct 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Weak plea bargain is wrong for killers

My wife and I have just learned that Deputy District Attorney David Ottman has offered a plea bargain to the four defendants charged with first-degree murder in the killing of our grandson i...

DATE: Oct 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Deficit should be viewed relative to GDP

Harris Bynum (Herald, Sept. 13) bemoaned the lack of math skills and focused on the federal deficit as the sole measure of the economic success of Bill Clinton, presumably to make the case t...

DATE: Oct 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Vote ‘yes’ on 3B for Bayfield schools

Bayfield School District voters: Please vote “yes” on Ballot Measure 3B, approving the funds for a badly needed new school for grades t through five and for upgrades to the existing elementa...

DATE: Oct 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Road committee no place for politics

In a letter to the editor (Herald, Sept. 25), Bob Pfeiffer levies serious accusations about political cronyism and the use of Durango Hills Road Improvement District funds. I’d li...

DATE: Oct 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Editorial failed to mention climate change

It was great to read your editorial, “Exciting, ambitious plans to cut carbon in Colorado” (Herald, Sept 21) in the Aspen Daily News (Sept. 30). But it is strange that you didn’t...

DATE: Oct 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor