Editorials
Opinion
‘Reject un-American’ extremists’ conduct
Extremists are appearing at doorsteps of law abiding Colorado citizens and bullying people regarding the supposedly settled 2020 election. Is their goal to scare away voters that disagree with their…
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Trump tantrums indicate parenting
A live Jan. 6 hearing in June included one young former aide, Cassidy Hutchinson, to former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, allegedly a co-conspirator in the insurrection. This…
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Keystone Pipeline won’t make gas cheaper
Ted Williamscca Ever since boycotts started blocking Russian petroleum products, social media has been rife with memes that blame rising gasoline prices on “the cancellation of the Keystone Pipeline.” Example:…
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Fear of wolves rooted in myth
Wolves are coming to Colorado and, so far, I have not witnessed people preparing for their arrival. Letters appear in local papers, suggesting that ranchers will be the victims once…
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Main Avenue looks ‘like a carnival’
I love Durango’s historical Main Avenue with its wide sidewalks, mature trees, historical buildings, four lanes of traffic that make is accessible and parking along the curbs. It is a…
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Want thriving economy? Build it
In 1980, I was a 10-year-old Durango kid who loved riding horses, reading books and learning foreign languages. Sometime during that year, some investor opened the Durango Mall. My family…
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Durango entrance an ‘eyesore’
Dear citizens of Durango, Couldn’t we possibly do something about our long-neglected weedy entrance triangle at our most wonderful continuous flow intersection of Highways 160 and 550? It really is…
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Our View: International teachers good hires
Ignacio School District is reaching out to the far corners of the planet in recruiting teachers. Literally. Ignacio is hiring a teacher from the Philippines and one from Lebanon for…
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‘Health care descended into Dark Ages’
The Supreme Court termination of health care for women is an attack on the profession of medicine as well as an attack on women and girls. How can it be…
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Time for emphasis on parking
The editorial on prioritizing parking in the July 15 edition is spot on and overdue. In city planning and actions, there has been far more emphasis on bicycle and pedestrian…
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Time for unifying yard signs
The editorial on July 6, “Cheney shines light on lie,” was indeed accurate, especially in the next to last paragraph, “we can’t tolerate any longer the lie that has ripped…
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No need for ‘lackluster leadership’
In the just completed primary election, Jim Candelaria ran on his record during his current term as commissioner. Given that he only won by 72 votes, it would appear that…
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Never silence the chime!
Speaking as a longtime Durango local, I absolutely love the chime and believe it should never be silenced. Keep it going year-round! Steve Underwood Durango
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‘Alternatives’ offered for election deniers
A letter-writer on June 29 lamented the “name-calling” that has labeled people who deny the results of the 2020 election as “election deniers.” So despite the fact that it seems…
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50 years of talk – build garage
Durango’s next step: Build a parking garage! How many parking studies, traffic studies, etc., does it take to persuade the City of Durango that it should seriously consider a parking…
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Need laws to stop ‘being poisoned’
I live next to a hay field near Pastorius Reservoir. Earlier in the year, I was told by my landlord they would be spraying the nearly 2 dozen acres with…
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Fees show ‘lack of awareness’
This year, 17 new fees were passed, totaling a staggering $776,832,144. No, your eyes are not playing a trick on you. That number is three-quarters of a billion dollars to…
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Column ‘ridiculed hockey players’
I was quite perplexed as to why The Durango Herald thought the guest column “Read this before taking up hockey,” written by a basketball coach, was funny while it completely…
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‘Proud of Boebert’ on 2nd Amendment
I’m proud of Congresswoman Lauren Boebert for her unwavering support of our Second Amendment rights. Boebert is correct that it is our constitutional right to keep and bear arms and…
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Our View: Fire, city make right turn toward station solution
Apparently, there wasn’t a single moment that stands out when things shifted between the City of Durango and DFPD. But now, there’s a right turn toward a solution with the…
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Boebert ‘threat to civil liberties’
U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert’s recent comment, featuring the separation of church and state as junk, is astounding! Doesn’t she realize that women struggled over a century for suffrage? That women…
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Let’s get wolf restoration right
Recreational wolf hunting must never happen! Wolves are intelligent, social animals. Pack structures, prey and territorialism combine to regulate wild wolf populations. Science indicates that there is no need to…
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Independent voters ready to exert influence
cca I don’t want to be called unaffiliated. That’s what Colorado’s secretary of state calls me. Merriam-Webster says it means I am “not associated with another.” It’s not true. I…
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‘Is ideology overruling common sense?’
Let’s see some of this administration’s achievements that “Biden is better than average,” a headline from an editorial in May. In the handling of Afghanistan, America has lost credibility abroad.…