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Hire best person for treasurer job

This letter is written in support of Allison Morrissey in her effort to serve our community as the next La Plata County treasurer. There should be no misunderstanding as to the nature of the...

J. Paul Brown unfit for public office

Thinking of voting for J. Paul Brown? Reconsider. The man has demonstrated himself unsuited for public office, ready and willing to misrepresent the positions and intentions of others he kno...

McLachlan dismisses water owners

Several weeks ago, I attended a hearing at Durango Public Library regarding a state water plan. State Rep. Mike McLachlan spoke on behalf of one of the breakout groups and the first words ou...

Power outage was not LPEA’s fault

On Sunday, Sept. 7, the town of Bayfield water dock station lost electrical power. The town inappropriately and erroneously posted that the water dock station was out of service due to LPEA ...

McLachlan does what’s best for 59th

As a student at Western State Colorado University, I want a state representative who will fight for my school, my friends and me in the state Legislature. That is why I will be supporting Re...

Vote now to help Hillary in 2016

If you look forward to and expect Hillary Clinton to win and be effective in 2016, you need to act now. She will need a Congress that’s interested in solving the challenges we face as a co...

Missionary Ridge recovering from fire

Large, human-set wildfires such as the Missionary Ridge Fire of 2002 appear increasingly in the news, and it can be hard to think of these fires in positive ways just after they have burned....

Chasing ‘big boxes’ hurts middle class

The front page of Sunday’s paper (Herald, Sept. 21) certainly gave me pause. To me, it signified the corporate dominance of our society. For Durango to be successful we must solic...

No one tops Bobby Lieb’s qualifications

Generally, we would not presume to tell anyone how to vote on a particular candidate, but in the case of Bobby Lieb, we make an exception. Our history with the Lieb family goes back to the p...

Why return a lawyer to the Legislature?

Lawsuit abuse adds significantly higher costs to everything we use in services and goods. So why would anyone want to send a personal injury lawyer back to the Colorado Legislature? ...

Independents really control elections

Are we all just brainwashed? Everyone I know has to officially take a party. I really feel it’s important to not just vote for any one party line – isn’t that a form of brainwashing? I feel ...

Measuring the growth of our economy

The flip-flop of summer weather in September makes you wonder if the summer garden will finish with a slow ripening or a sudden end. This time of year, assessors measure the growth in last y...
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