Editorials

Los Lonely Boys proved welcome distraction
Letters to the Editor

Los Lonely Boys proved welcome distraction

August 10, 2013

I attended the Los Lonely Boys show at the Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College Concert last Saturday night. Being relatively new to town and having worked in rock radio…

Mining in Silverton
Editorials

Mining in Silverton

August 10, 2013

Town must take decisive action to transition from past to future

Manage Oxbow for conservation values
Letters to the Editor

Manage Oxbow for conservation values

August 8, 2013

The Colorado Department of Parks and Wildlife has expressed concerns to the city about its plans for commercial development at Oxbow. The Oxbow property is a spring and summer home…

Will bikes and boats lead to a train wreck?
Letters to the Editor

Will bikes and boats lead to a train wreck?

August 8, 2013

Bicycle enthusiasts came out en masse to speak to the city Parks and Recreation Department in support of the trail and the need for access on the northern end. It…

Mandatory registration wrong for wilderness
Letters to the Editor

Mandatory registration wrong for wilderness

August 7, 2013

Beginning in 2014, the San Juan and Rio Grande national forests will require mandatory registration for all recreationists who enter the Weminuche Wilderness. Even though the areas reported to be…

NIMBYs not only ones worthy of town living
Letters to the Editor

NIMBYs not only ones worthy of town living

August 7, 2013

My husband and I have rented the same accessory dwelling unit in town for five years. We love living close to downtown, but we are not able or willing to…

School finance
Editorials

School finance

August 6, 2013

With almost certainly enough signatures, the real battle for better schools has begun

Silverton mentality undermines success
Letters to the Editor

Silverton mentality undermines success

August 5, 2013

The scale of this problem requires the deepest of pockets to solve. The EPA and the Superfund approach is the only way this gets done. I was once told that…

Toll roads
Editorials

Toll roads

August 5, 2013

Transportation is still an appropriate function of the federal government

City must address recycling growing pains
Letters to the Editor

City must address recycling growing pains

August 4, 2013

It was going smoothly until I was told that my recycling could no longer be picked up in the alley. My trash has always been picked up there, and the…

Some pedestrians seem to be elitist idiots
Letters to the Editor

Some pedestrians seem to be elitist idiots

August 4, 2013

When approaching a street with a street light, look around for a signal, fixed at approximately eye level. This light is usually directly beyond the white lines that jaywalkers feel…

Herald made two rookie grammar mistakes
Letters to the Editor

Herald made two rookie grammar mistakes

August 4, 2013

On the July 30 front page, a headline began, “Demand for gun permits rise.” Demand doesn’t rise, it rises. These are common rookie mistakes, but shouldn’t we expect more from…

NSA data
Editorials

NSA data

August 4, 2013

High standards essential for determining how our collected information is shared

City also home to those who struggle to get by
Letters to the Editor

City also home to those who struggle to get by

August 3, 2013

This group of people works so hard for such low wages that it does not have the luxury of free time or disposable income to spend on extreme sports. And…

States should fund everything but security
Letters to the Editor

States should fund everything but security

August 3, 2013

Both parties say we have the answer to fix all the problems. Yeah right! I am tired of supporting the lazy and needy that want more for nothing – kind…

Oxbow project differs from grant application
Letters to the Editor

Oxbow project differs from grant application

August 3, 2013

At a recent hearing about Oxbow Park, LeBlanc said I should have asked better questions and was responsible for keeping the county out of the process. If one reads the…

Kiwanis Club alive and well, meets Thursdays
Letters to the Editor

Kiwanis Club alive and well, meets Thursdays

August 3, 2013

I just wanted to let La Plata County know we are alive and well and have been serving the children of this community since 1948. We meet every Thursday at…

Low reimbursement will limit access
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Low reimbursement will limit access

August 3, 2013

Physicians are already unable to afford treating any more people on Medicare, Medicaid and TriCare at the very low price-controlled rates. Unless the Obamacare Colorado exchange pays a fair and…

Keep socking it to regional firefighters
Letters to the Editor

Keep socking it to regional firefighters

August 3, 2013

You have until Aug. 15 to drop off socks at the our Welcome Center, Alpine Bank and at Purgatory. Even easier, buy a pair at one of our participating local…

Snakecharmer
Editorials

Snakecharmer

August 3, 2013

Imaginative new trail another example of the value of cooperation, civic foresight

Twelve-step programs cure mental illness
Letters to the Editor

Twelve-step programs cure mental illness

August 1, 2013

Twelve-step groups with love and truth cure mental illness, develop the nonviolent, love directed human. Psychiatry is America’s holocaust! Clover Greene Ignacio