Editorials

Letters: Is Tipton seeing what I’m seeing?
Letters to the Editor

Letters: Is Tipton seeing what I’m seeing?

November 22, 2019

In the article, he says Ambassador William Taylor reporting what his aide overheard in a phone conversation between the president and Ambassador Gordon Sondland was hearsay because Taylor didn’t hear…

Letters: These bridges are your money well spent
Letters to the Editor

Letters: These bridges are your money well spent

November 22, 2019

Since 2011, public safety has been a priority for three different city councils in connecting the Animas River Trail. Superintendent Dan Snowberger, the Needham Elementary PTO and the Riverview Elementary…

Letters: Your bias on impeachment is showing
Letters to the Editor

Letters: Your bias on impeachment is showing

November 21, 2019

All presidents can issue a blanket recall and request resignations of every political appointee who served under the previous administration. Some did, some didn’t. A Foreign Service officer with 30…

Letters: the ban-bags busybodies are back
Letters to the Editor

Letters: the ban-bags busybodies are back

November 20, 2019

Sneakier? Probably! More deceitful? Most definitely! But not smarter. They will be taking their bags-are-bad narrative to City Council hoping that this newest council isn’t any smarter than the previous…

Letters: Come join our climate strike
Letters to the Editor

Letters: Come join our climate strike

November 20, 2019

In the face of this existential threat, we must not allow ourselves to become paralyzed. We already know that no one is coming to save us – now is the…

Letters: We soldiered on despite TABOR’s talons
Letters to the Editor

Letters: We soldiered on despite TABOR’s talons

November 19, 2019

The board, under Dan Snowberger’s leadership and capable team, has accomplished important goals: increasing student engagement with student-centered learning approaches and authentic ways to assess student knowledge; increasing career options…

Letters: City Council escapes a tainted past
Letters to the Editor

Letters: City Council escapes a tainted past

November 19, 2019

Council is diligently scrutinizing decisions made in the past as to how our tax money should be spent in the future. Many of the decisions made in the last 12…

Our view: Oh deer, you’re not a dog
Editorials

Our view: Oh deer, you’re not a dog

November 18, 2019

The late, offending deer.Courtesy of Colorado Parks and Wildlife What was so odd about its appearance was that it was wearing a big, bright-orange dog collar. Jordan Winn, who lives…

Letters: Herald editorials are fluffy and nonsensical
Letters to the Editor

Letters: Herald editorials are fluffy and nonsensical

November 18, 2019

Too often, the topics and content are nonsensical and lack any relevance to current issues or events. Furthermore, the writing style comes across as pretentious and self-serving, better suited for…

Letters: Virginia Herrera will be missed at FLC
Letters to the Editor

Letters: Virginia Herrera will be missed at FLC

November 17, 2019

There was also an obituary for Virginia Herrera published in the Herald on the same day as Jack’s column. Virginia worked for over 20 years as a dedicated employee at…

Letters: Can we please agree to disagree respectfully?
Letters to the Editor

Letters: Can we please agree to disagree respectfully?

November 16, 2019

Does he truly believe that Coloradans are under attack? Probably not. More likely, he believes what his campaign and party leaders are advising based on research of what fires up…

Letters: This Trump character just caves to dictators
Letters to the Editor

Letters: This Trump character just caves to dictators

November 16, 2019

Let me see if I’ve got this tale of woes right: President Trump has been abasing himself, shamelessly, slavishly, to ruthless Vladimir Putin, president-forever of poor Russia. He has surrendered…

Letters: Writer is flat wrong about Electoral College
Letters to the Editor

Letters: Writer is flat wrong about Electoral College

November 15, 2019

Without the benefit of the Electoral College, the decision on our next president will be handed over to the residents of the most populous cities. Colorado’s residents would have no…

Letters: This is how we end marijuana prohibition
Letters to the Editor

Letters: This is how we end marijuana prohibition

November 14, 2019

From thousands of miles away, people came to escape the harsh and repressive state legislatures of their origin. The science of marijuana, once confined to wall-less jails and quarantined with…

Letters: What have you done for the planet today?
Letters to the Editor

Letters: What have you done for the planet today?

November 13, 2019

It made me think of my vow, so that I will increase the chances of leaving this Earth habitable for the next generation and the other living things we share…

Letters: Pine River Library thanks everybody!
Letters to the Editor

Letters: Pine River Library thanks everybody!

November 13, 2019

I would be remiss if I didn’t thank a few people for their hard work in making this happen: Cathy Enns, campaign manager, and Brenda Marshall, assistant director. I also…

Letters: Herald editor is stupid, illogical
Letters to the Editor

Letters: Herald editor is stupid, illogical

November 12, 2019

I tried to understand what the editor was trying to say, was it that the “fellow up in Pueblo” was only hateful and stupid, and so don’t attach any importance…

Letters: We side with love, safety and the rainbow flag
Letters to the Editor

Letters: We side with love, safety and the rainbow flag

November 12, 2019

We at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Durango are committed to bringing more understanding and acceptance into the world as we strive for radical inclusion of people regardless of gender…