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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...

Sheriff battle is developing trends

Reading letters to the editor over the past several months, I have noticed a trend in the battle for the office of the sheriff. Those employees in support of the sheriff fail to mention that...

Schirard should retire with his marbles

One trouble with getting old is you make more and more mistakes. Sheriff Schirard is 73, and I am 72. If he’s anything like me, he’s not the man he used to be. I can’t think as w...

Colorado and women do not need Udall

Sen. Mark Udall voted 99 percent with President Obama and says he will vote again in favor of Obamacare even after its failed implementation, massive cost and privacy intrusion! Udall lied w...

Is someone getting forgetful like me?

Too much information? Page 7B and 5A repeat themselves on “Boulder Writer to ride U.S. rails” (Herald, Oct. 12). Maybe it was for folks like me that forget they’ve read something 30 minutes ...

Recanted abuse claims strike false note

I recently read the letters from two of Duke Schirard’s ex-wives. I understand there are at least three. I am a battered ex-girlfriend of a law-enforcement officer, and I am ashamed to admi...

Wildlife Services benefits many in county

In search for a truthful, honest candidate for the Colorado House 59th District, I would like to offer these: When J. Paul Brown was La Plata County commissioner, he was instrumen...

Cheap shots suggest foundering effort

In his deprecating attack on Sheriff Duke Schirard’s character, former County Commissioner Wally White (Letters, Herald, Oct. 2) complains about the sheriff’s command staff presenting their ...

Morrissey will get waste out of system

In the candidates’ contrasts between Bobby Lieb and Allison Morrissey (Herald, Oct. 11), the Treasurer’s Office was portrayed as a relatively minor, largely functionary La Plata County depar...

Gardner’s record belies campaign talk

There are some things that do not require a lot of analysis to understand. Choose bull manure for one. No one needs you to tell you to avoid it, but Cory Gardner is feeding us a steaming hea...

Don’t be apathetic: Vote for Democrats

Quoting The New York Times editorial board, “Staying home on Election Day carries a heavy cost.” This exhortation to vote reverberates as loudly in La Plata County as elsewhere. ...
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