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EPA wrong to approve toxic weedkiller

I am dismayed by the Environmental Protection Agency’s recent decision to approve Enlist Duo, a weedkiller that contains 2,4-D – a key ingredient in the toxic Vietnam War defoliant Agent Ora...

Udall endorsement avoided key issues

Several items weren’t mentioned in the Herald’s Oct. 5 endorsement of Sen. Mark Udall, and the items have also been carefully left out of most news stories. First of all, Udall d...

Fire showed Schirard’s true qualities

Having just completed my mail-in ballot for the November election, I was reminded of my first encounter with Sheriff Duke Schirard. We had just moved to Forest Lakes about a year before the ...

Local problems best fixed locally

Anyone who believes in the one-size-fits-all approach that is typical of Washington could believe most anything the feds propose. It is a generally accepted axiom that local problems are bes...

LPEA customers deserve answers

At the Oct. 8 LPEA meeting in Pagosa Springs, LPEA’s Michael Dreyspring was questioned about the $20.50 base fee that LPEA charges its members each month, asking whether a portion of this fe...

Donate pennies to Elks for kids

I much enjoyed the story about pennies (Herald, Oct. 19). It is past time for them to be relegated to the sock drawer of history. Readers may be interested to learn of one of the...

Trial lawyers are behind Amendment 67

Voters beware! Amendment 67 sounds like a “no brainer.” Why would anybody vote against the right of a fetus to be considered a person? So, why do we need it? Well, the trial lawye...

Schirard has served with integrity, work

I have the privilege to once again stand up for and support Duke Schirard, a very able sheriff. I served with him as a chaplain at La Plata County Jail for many years and still maintain that...

D.C. meddling changed Hermosa bill

The community consensus on which Rep. Scott Tipton and Sen. Michael Bennet based the Hermosa Creek legislation has been recently challenged – Tipton’s bill was passed by the House Natural Re...

Koch brothers are not evil

The Koch brothers, Charles and David, heads of Koch Industries, Georgia Pacific, Flint Hills Resources, Invista and Molex, employing 60,000 Americans, adding greatly to the economy and tax b...

See that Hermosa Creek gets protection

In response to the story, “Vote for values, pocketbook” (Herald, Oct. 8), I would like to add that I attended John Fielder’s presentation in Cortez the night before and was very encouraged t...

Pennies’ language is poignant reminder

Regarding the annoying, worthless, stupid qualities of pennies (Herald, Oct. 19), I love them. Each time I pick up a dirty, sticky, icky copper coin from the sidewalk, street, etc., I read t...
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