It is unfortunate the progressive directors have stooped to a new low and blame others for their ineptness. LPEA directors should have the courage to support these fine employees. The…
Durango needs to recognize how fortunate we are to have the service we receive. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Janice and Rick Bourret Durango
I expect that there will be selective enforcement on the new requirement that even a single gun sale will require a costly federal firearms license. Again, I looked into a…
No kidding. For the 20 years that I’ve lived here they’ve been “not rushing” this clean up! I guess they don’t realize that “Silverton” already means “mining waste.” “Superfund” simply…
Roger Cohen and Grossman chose the HadCRUT3 temperature record to decide their bet, but that source was the subject of scandal as baseline temperature data was manipulated and adjusted, in…
Each year in Colorado, a significant number of people who are terminally ill suffer unnecessarily for long periods of time and experience prolonged deaths. In order to hasten their death,…
The Colorado Enabling Act, in Section 4, (please Google) clearly states that as a condition of statehood, “the people inhabiting said territory do agree and declare that they forever disclaim…
May El Niño be all for southwest Colorado that’s been promised. For those not fans of winter weather, remember what this moisture will do for us in the spring and…
The LPEA staff is highly professional and go out of their way to keep the board informed. The staff does not get involved in board politics. It is unfortunate the progressive…
A BIG THANKS goes to Jay Rhodes and Toby Lirot, who took care of many children in Vallecito, Forest Lakes, and County Roads 501 and 502. And of course all…
Thank you to our donors who give and support BEEP in our efforts to provide quality preschool education to our community – Allen Theaters, Amerigas, Andrea Barnum, Angela Williams, Barbara…
Step one, carbon pollution. As the extreme onslaught continues, flooding in the Midwest and the intense chills in New York, it is finally time to acknowledge the severe changes, and…
It is important that we create fair congressional districts, not ones drawn by partisan politics. However, I have deep concerns that the current redistricting proposal has been conducted by power…
Call me silly , but the Durango Herald has been a primary source of news for me for those 30-plus years, not just local, but state, national and even international…
Executive action is minimal step toward tempering violence in the United States
Corporations, Republicans and forced birthers are deadbeat parents that undernourish 22 percent to 36 percent of America’s born children and create barriers to education. This is a plan for programmed…
Official restraint is admirable, but risks encouraging the craziness of extremists
Although I do not believe in organized religion because of the centuries of wars it produced – still produces – I pray under God and other loving forces to create…
For years, Stapleton has obscured the truth about Colorado’s best investment, PERA. PERA provides state troopers, snowplow drivers, teachers and other public workers a secure retirement through a defined benefit…
Disbanding advisory board would have chilling effect on citizen participation
Then there is, “If you’re not a Democrat when you’re young you have no heart, and if you’re not a Republican when you’re old you have no brain.” Today, it…
I’m registered affiliated only so I can vote in primaries. In general elections, I’m independent. If I support women’s right to choose, free birth control for the poor, death with…
