Editorials
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Support moving Durango’s sewer plant
This topic of moving, or not, the sewer plant is of major importance. We will have to live with the decision the rest of our lives. At the Sept. 1…
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Look into why local gas prices stay high
Obvious price coordination among our local suppliers raises the question whether there is some type of price fixing here in Durango. Just recently on national news gas prices in San…
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Abortion must be safe, legal, last resort
Women were still getting abortions. Rich women got D&Cs in antiseptic doctors’ offices, under all sorts of guises other than “pregnancy termination.” Poor women got backroom abortions performed by all…
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Dumpster art a benefit of Friends’ grants
That Durango nurtures unique creative ventures is another testament to the vibrancy of our community. For several years, the Dumpster Beautification Project has been the recipient of Durango Friends of…
Editorial Cartoons
The Great Sewer Plant Saga
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Tie a string around your finger
It doesn’t take a huge amount of effort to say a kind word to that senior citizen you encounter in the grocery store or when out in public. Smiles and…
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Developers should also pay for roads
Now that the roads are in bad shape, the commissioners are probably going to let us vote on whether to increase our taxes to fix them. That’s nice of them…
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Is the sewer plant missing capacity?
So now I read that the plant has a capacity of 2 million gallons per day. My question is why is the plant rated capacity only 2 million gallons per…
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Golf course is a poor use for forest land
A friend told me that this was from a land trade made by the Forest Service. The bare mountainsides were going to be developed into a golf course. What a…
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Now is the time to move the sewer plant
The first city system was built in 1958 and was replaced with the existing facility in 1985. There was a lot of support before the plant was built to move…
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Why even consider a new sewer plant?
To my recollection, the sewer plant odor was not offensive until recently. The past three or four years. About the time the plant became at or near maximum capacity. It…
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The United States created today’s Iran
Today, we have in place in Iran a fundamentalist Shiite theocracy that regards the West, and the United States specifically, with a hyper-wary eye. How did this state come about?…
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Test drilling would have prevented spill
The uncontrolled breach of the plug instantaneously released thousands of gallons per minute of water and suspended solids. This venturi-like action, or vacuum, within the workings created a strong suction…
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DHS did well with wrestling coaches
They have amazing passion to help young people become better adults and use the sport of wrestling as the platform. These two put as much, if not more, effort into…
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Lobby the city to move the sewer plant
Santa Rita could really be an amazing community asset but it’s dominated by a stinking waste of precious acreage. Meanwhile, we will soon be asked to ante up for an…
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Spill blame and solutions closer to home
An editorial in the Herald (Aug. 30) even included “Mother Nature” among the spill culprits. The EPA, Washington and even Mother Nature are convenient, easy targets for what is too…
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Sense of place more than just a ‘brand’
Even before the spill, tourists were expressing strong displeasure with the increase in panhandling transients. The Gold King Mine spill now adds another challenge to repairing a damaged brand.” The…
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Mine spill sounds like plot for a novel
The EPA is working trying to establish a Superfund site in a small mountain mining town that has become a tourist destination. It has run into roadblocks from the community…
Editorials
Water testing
La Plata County did the right thing in conducting its own tests on the Animas
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Mercury an ongoing concern from spill
Coal-burning power plants have been spewing mercury and other pollutants for many years. Although they are now allowed to emit less – some may continue into 2041 (and beyond?). In…
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Hickenlooper too early with EPA praise
He also praised the EPA for apologizing for the spill. Perhaps praise should come after the EPA actually does something to clean up the mess that was created, not before.…
Editorials
Fall session
It is probably a futile hope, but Congress has the chance to do some good work
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Gunman’s perspective photo is not news
As an individual, I have no influence over the national press or The Durango Herald. But coming from this individual hear this: from this day forward The Durango Herald will…
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Silverton must become a Superfund site
Stills’ and the mayor’s comments, and director of San Juan Citizen’s alliance Dan Olson’s observations seem to have been the only comments of the evening that didn’t hem and haw…