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Recreation benefits extend outside city

I am not a Durango resident and can’t vote in the upcoming city election, but I would like to encourage all my friends and the residents of Durango to vote for extending the half-cent tax fo...

Vote for Sweetie’s proven leadership

This letter comes with support for incumbent Mayor Sweetie Marbury for City Council. I could expand on the hallmarks of Sweetie’s positive actions and character traits here such as dogged de...

Marbury and White deserve re-election

Last month, I got to witness Mayor Marbury at work. The occasion was a welcome luncheon for Shailen Bhatt, the new director of the Colorado Department of Transportation. Like everyone else, ...

Neighborhood gun shots disturb peace

It’s Sunday morning, I’m making breakfast, and I start hearing gunshots. It reminds me of living in Los Angeles, hearing Uzis going off in the flood control behind my home. Terrifying. ...

McHenry offers a realistic vision for city

I am impressed with City Council candidate David McHenry’s independent thinking. McHenry has a realistic, practical vision for the city. Good for him. It gets pretty tiresome and ...

Support city’s organic parks program

The organic management of our city parks has been very successful. Durango works with an excellent consultant, Chip Osborn, who is considered to be one of the nation’s best. I am very happy ...

Herald wasted city time, taxpayer money

I read with great interest the story the Herald presented about Sunshine Week (March 15). I find it curious that the Herald would make a capricious records request for the sake of a news sto...

White listens, thinks, acts for Durango

I strongly support Dick White’s re-election to City Council. My major reasons for wanting Dick re-elected are his study of the issues, his non-hurried listening to citizens’ concerns, his ab...

Marbury will work to open Nighthorse

I live out in the county, but my life is very much affected by what happens in Durango. I want to be able to use Lake Nighthorse for recreation and am extremely frustrated that this still is...

Explain leftist lean for Sunshine Week

In the spirit of Sunshine Week, how about an essay on why newspapers in general and the Herald in particular lean left in editorial coverage? Dennis Pierce Durango ...

Pick better example of policy’s absurdity

The Durango Herald thinks the U.S. immigration policy is absurd because of what happened to Sonia Belouniss (Editorial, March 15). We have a process to enter the country legally. We don’t wa...

Letter writer wholly wrong about Israel

I often am astounded by letters to the editor but never more so than that from Yasmina Mickas (Herald, March 11) Mickas criticizes the U.S. foreign aid given to Israel and then makes a numbe...
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