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Opinion

Schirard’s life has been open book

As I’m sitting here watching my boys play and praying that their future is not extremely hard for them because of how much our country has changed, I’ve decided to write a letter to my commu...

Smith will demand professionalism

I worked in local law enforcement for almost 16 years with stints at the Durango Police Department, La Plata County Sheriff’s Office and the Southwest Drug Task Force. In my opin...

Schirard possesses handy qualities

These candidates for sheriff in this election offer us some stark choices. Once again, with prompting from the Herald, we are being asked to trust a young, inexperienced ideologue who is con...

McLachlan, Udall support water grab

The Waters of the United States, or WOTUS, rule as proposed by the EPA is an enormous overreach, an attempt to gain increased control over all water. The EPA’s proposed rule woul...

Televised attack on J. Paul totally wrong

There is a political clip on television that is blatantly inaccurate and tries to tarnish J. Paul Brown’s reputation. The $200,000 figure is totally wrong, and those benefiting from Animal D...

Smith has served county for decades

In response to the story, “Coroners tout experience” (Herald, Oct. 10), Beverly Begay, the unaffiliated candidate touts experience in forensic investigations in several states other than Col...

Letter contained several misperceptions

I was very disappointed to read Cathy Yonker’s letter to the editor (Herald, Oct. 5). The tone of her letter was extremely negative, and it contained a number of misperceptions that I must a...

Employee disloyalty deserves firing

I am Duke Schirard’s stepdaughter and watched him get elected into office 20 years ago and have supported him through multiple terms. He and my mother were married from 1985–1994. Duke has c...

Without Schirard, unpleasant changes

I love my option to vote, and I do vote. I am registered with a party but I don’t vote for the party, but for the candidate I think will do the best job for the position. That does not alway...

Schirard is county’s only choice

I have known Duke Schirard for 25 years. He has been an outstanding marshal in Bayfield and an even better sheriff for the past 20 years. I recently read a letter where someone said that Duk...

Questions remain about smart meters

Regarding the meeting on Oct. 9 about LPEA’s proposed fee for non-smart meter reading: There were multiple options mentioned for lowering the proposed payment of $25 to $50 per month per met...

Restore local language to Hermosa bill

As a nature photographer and an avid mountain biker, I was struck recently week by John Fielder’s timely message that protecting our local public lands is vital to our way of life and econom...
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