Letters to the Editor
Letters: PERA retirees support Durango economy
I also want to call attention to a major driver of our local economy, Colorado Public Employee Retirement Association’s (PERA) benefit recipients (retirees). Retirees paid into PERA throughout their careers…
There aren’t two sides to this debate, y’all
It is not unsettled, y’all. It is not a political issue, y’all. There is no “other side of the debate,” y’all. The only thing the author does get right is…
Letters: Can you please help with mask-wearing?
With so much evolving and sometimes misleading information floating around about masks, I appeal to the Herald to help educate our community on the appropriate use of masks. Would you…
Letters: Thanks, I will always be available for you
Barbara Hall McLachlanDurango
Letters: Treat 9-R super with deserved respect
Stephanie MoranDurango(The author served on the Durango School District 9-R board. Her letter was submitted before Dan Snowberger announced his resignation.)
Letters: These were my mentors – who are yours?
During World War II, Anne was a mechanic in the California airplane industry, earning commendations while planning her return to farming in La Plata County. Reid was an officer aboard…
Letters: Keep climate change denial to yourself
Denial of climate change has been a PR stunt perpetrated by the fossil fuel industry. Fracking may be an efficient way to retrieve oil and natural gas, but that process…
Letters: How do you define ‘breaking news’?
The entire town of Estes Park was evacuated because the second largest fire in the state had grown by somewhere around 140,000 acres in 24 hours and was threatening the…
Letters: How could you have been so duped?
You used to be the party of values and principles. Remember? You were hijacked by President Trump, who shared none of your principles and does not care about you. How…
Letters: Enough bullying – we’re all Americans
You serve in the military if need be. You pay your taxes and you work hard and do it as well as can be done. You get along with your…
Letters: They use the virus to divide and weaken us
Basketball and football are all-American sports, but two-thirds of the players are anti-American meanwhile making their riches. They need to find their own sport and get their pro-criminal racist organization,…
Letters: The coming mandatory vaccine debate
Much of the public believes vaccines are medicinal and therapeutic. The CDC, however, confirms that “some vaccines contain only a part of the disease germ,” such as the MMR vaccine…
Letters: Black Lives Matter is good for schools
The Rev. Katie Kandarian-MorrisDurango
Letters: Too many loud motorcycles in Durango
Many riders seem to celebrate a freedom to be rude on Main Avenue. Richard MontroseDurango
Letters: That ol‘ chicken is some pickleball hater
It built a $4.1 million bridge instead. Why didn’t the prairie dog tunnel under the dangerous intersections? Because the chicken built a $4.1 million bridge instead. Why didn’t the Three…