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Our view: You say you want a revolution
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Our view: You say you want a revolution

June 22, 2020

Jacques Mallet du Pan, 1799.James Heath, John Francis Rigaud/Bibliothèque Nationale de France This is so often repeated and apparently shown to be true, in the French Revolution when Robespierre loses…

Letters: Why do we even need a planning board?
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Letters: Why do we even need a planning board?

June 22, 2020

Townhomes are attached to other townhomes. Detached townhomes are called houses. With the proposed priority on affordability, the townhomes run $540,000 to $640,000. Even for Durango, that jumps past the…

Letters: Matt Salka has my vote for commission
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Letters: Matt Salka has my vote for commission

June 22, 2020

I left this first encounter very impressed with this young man who had taken the time to listen intently to my opinions without arguing or trying to change my mind.…

Letters: Council should strengthen mask rule
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Letters: Council should strengthen mask rule

June 21, 2020

Much as I appreciate my liberties, I am also aware of the responsibilities to the countless hands which hold us all up, keeping the power on, potable water flowing and…

Letters: Congress, advance this Alzheimer’s bill
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Letters: Congress, advance this Alzheimer’s bill

June 21, 2020

Age is the greatest risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease. As Colorado’s population ages, our state is expected to see a 21% increase in the number of Coloradans diagnosed with Alzheimer’s…

Letters: It is time to unmask the fear gripping us
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Letters: It is time to unmask the fear gripping us

June 20, 2020

As a community, we pride ourselves on our unique downtown experience, but I believe the unintended consequences of the mask ordinance has resulted in a fear gripping our community and…

Letters: Racial justice connected to health care
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Letters: Racial justice connected to health care

June 20, 2020

While Medicare ended legal health segregation, today, there is still inequality in both health coverage and outcomes between whites and people of color. Black Americans are more likely than whites…

Letters: Letting LPEA tell half-truths is unfair
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Letters: Letting LPEA tell half-truths is unfair

June 19, 2020

The reporter asked me questions about LPEA and I answered them as openly and honestly as I could. In its response, LPEA did not dispute what I said as being…

Letters: What’s become of all the Republicans?
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Letters: What’s become of all the Republicans?

June 19, 2020

The Great Emancipator broke ranks with the prevailing Whig party and led our nation through a tragic war to advance the full citizenship of black Americans. Have the actions of…

Letters: We would all benefit with Porter-Norton
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Letters: We would all benefit with Porter-Norton

June 19, 2020

Marsha has reached out to Colorado’s secretary of state in support of extending the deadline for the petition process for her presumptive opponent, Jack Turner, who is unaffiliated. She realizes…

Letters: I’m grateful for the city mask ordinance
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Letters: I’m grateful for the city mask ordinance

June 19, 2020

The best reasoning for such a difficult if necessary precaution was provided by the Trump White House itself when Coronavirus Response Coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx told Fox News there is…

Letters: Country is now full-scale disintegrating
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Letters: Country is now full-scale disintegrating

June 18, 2020

The ideas once discussed only by the radical left are now all of a sudden mainstream. Since the media and leftist (Democratic) politicians have been espousing the lie that America…

Letters: Our bored teenagers turning to crime
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Letters: Our bored teenagers turning to crime

June 18, 2020

The tagging on the abutments at Bakers Bridge and elsewhere defaces Durango and the natural world we have always taken pride in. More of this vandalism has occurred at the…

Letters: Don’t sneeze in my general direction
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Letters: Don’t sneeze in my general direction

June 18, 2020

Then there are zoning laws, alcohol laws, eminent domain, many laws addressing public safety, voting laws, and on and on! These protests over masks are a misguided use of one’s…

Letters: Herald should give the police a break
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Letters: Herald should give the police a break

June 17, 2020

Here’s a couple of suggestions for your lists. Remove all the names of people who actively resisted arrest and/or the lawful orders of the police. Remove the names of people…

Letters: Deaths, body counts, published with glee
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Letters: Deaths, body counts, published with glee

June 17, 2020

Start a tally of how many businesses have gone under or declared bankruptcy. I think that statistic is far more important than the body count. I’ll even start, Pier 1…

Letters: Herald must be afraid to look partisan
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Letters: Herald must be afraid to look partisan

June 16, 2020

Republicans in Congress, almost without exception, have hewed to the plutocratic authoritarian agenda of Trump and his allies. Democratic control of Congress is the only way out of the morass…

Letters: Local businesses must take these steps
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Letters: Local businesses must take these steps

June 15, 2020

Local community members would love to spend their dollars here, just like we always have, but we can’t do that if businesses treat our community’s health so cavalierly that their…

Letters: We’ll muddle through best as we can
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Letters: We’ll muddle through best as we can

June 15, 2020

However, our dear leader, President Trump, implores us that “if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also.” OK, Trump never said that or…

Our view: The Magna Carta’s birthday
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Our view: The Magna Carta’s birthday

June 15, 2020

King John of England, from the illuminated manuscript “De Rege Johanne,” British Librarydu1-i-syn One landmark is the Charter of Liberties, a written declaration issued by Henry I of England, the…