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Sheldon will work creatively for 9-R

I’m writing to ask your readers to vote for Matt Sheldon in the upcoming school board election. I met Matt 11 years ago when I left my rural Colorado home to attend college in Colorado Sprin...

Use Lake Nighthorse to fix sewage issue

I would offer the following as a solution to the future use of Nighthorse Reservoir and Durango’s dilemma for future sewage treatment. Since it is apparent that there will be no...

Women’s health is facing a witch hunt

This one goes out to the ladies. Great letter last week by Candice Carson (Herald, Oct. 6) defending Planned Parenthood. Here’s the “who” and “why” for this ideological witch hunt. It ain’t ...

Question 1A is modest, needed, overdue

As taxpayers, we are faced with a seemingly unending string of choices; the November ballot presents us with a few more. However, Question 1A seems like a pretty easy one on which...

Upgrade at Santa Rita is the only option

When thinking about the opposition to the sewer plant upgrade at Santa Rita Park by people that have not been involved in the remarkably complex and thoroughly detailed analysis of the city ...

Vote ‘No’ on city’s sewer plant remodel

This will be a lasting decision for Durango! Vote “No!” Spending $68 million, before the unimaginable cost overruns, is too much for the status quo. Just the other day the Herald ...

Support Sheldon for District 9-R board

I am delighted to write in support of my friend and former colleague Matt Sheldon for his candidacy. As former student body president of Fort Lewis College (2013-2014), I worked with many ca...

Say ‘Yes’ to sewer plant ballot measure

The city of Durango desperately needs to upgrade or replace the existing wastewater treatment plant, or we risk our permit to operate from the state of Colorado, plus the aging facility may ...

Sewer plant proposal rates a ‘no’ vote

The constituents of the city of Durango deserve more respect than what is represented by the sewer plant ballot measure, and that is why I express our opposition to it. Disgusting...

Vote for the river, vote for sewer bond

I wish the sewer plant wasn’t located at Santa Rita. But I’m voting for the bond issue. It offers the best deal for city residents, and the current location is the most environmentally sound...

Spend wisely before asking for more

La Plata County is asking voters to approve millions of dollars in new property taxes to fund road and bridge improvements. I agree that transportation improvements are important for our cou...

All will share in paying for county roads

At the request of County Commissioner Julie Westendorff, I was asked to serve on the County Fiscal Sustainability Steering Committee, which was tasked to look at ways for the county to raise...
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