Letters to the Editor

A better way to plow Durango streets?
Letters to the Editor

A better way to plow Durango streets?

February 28, 2019

Durango’s snow removal plan (or lack of a plan) for the downtown area is to have snowplows running around plowing snow around parallel-parked cars. This process is slow, tedious and…

Editorials don’t seem current, intelligent
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Editorials don’t seem current, intelligent

February 28, 2019

It seems that the column should reflect a synthesis and opinion about current topics and issues, and reflected as intelligent thought. Corey Sue Hutchinson Durango

For life lessons, check Funday Sunnies
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For life lessons, check Funday Sunnies

February 27, 2019

If they are so smart, why not prove it by helping out in our community? Get a job, start a business, shop local, help a neighbor or volunteer. You can…

Scouts, food drive show Durango cares
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Scouts, food drive show Durango cares

February 27, 2019

Saturday, Feb. 16, the Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts of our community picked up 3,543 pounds of food for the Durango Food Bank. Not only is this an important project…

Make It Count boxes make me ashamed
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Make It Count boxes make me ashamed

February 26, 2019

It seemed so positive until that phrase about panhandlers, which left me queasy. I emailed the Business Improvement District, asking if it could strike the phrase about panhandlers to keep…

Just how long has this been going on?
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Just how long has this been going on?

February 25, 2019

I used to expect a predictable viewpoint, a liberal and politically Democratic slant to any topic examined. That’s fine, that’s your opinion, but it was not worth reading the editorials…

No one throws shade on sweet Durango
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No one throws shade on sweet Durango

February 25, 2019

Your remarks regarding snowplow drivers in our happy, sweet little town are way out of line. Asking “Did some of the plow people have the night off so they could…

Hold your tongue, now, it’s a snowy town
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Hold your tongue, now, it’s a snowy town

February 25, 2019

Our city and county deal with snow removal as they can with the number of people they can employ and with the monetary resources they receive. This is not a…

Dennis Johnson was one of the greats
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Dennis Johnson was one of the greats

February 25, 2019

One summer, late 1960s, I worked the Diamond Circle Theatre. Dennis would do”Toot-Toot-Tootsie, Good-bye, or ”The Cremation of Sam McGee, every night as his acts in the Old Time Oleo…

This isn’t warming, it’s global cooling
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This isn’t warming, it’s global cooling

February 24, 2019

Don’t take my word for it, though. Google “geologic climate change” and you will find that it comes in regular cycles over millions of years. This entire discussion became a…

Licenses for undocumented immigrants
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Licenses for undocumented immigrants

February 24, 2019

In 2013, our state Legislature passed legislation providing our state’s undocumented immigrants with the ability to obtain unique driver’s licenses from six DMV locations. However, this program has not been…

Socialism not the answer to anything
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Socialism not the answer to anything

February 23, 2019

“The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of Socialism is the equal sharing of miseries,” Winston Churchill said. America has seen the vices…

Direct popular vote for president, yes!
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Direct popular vote for president, yes!

February 22, 2019

Democrats are certainly not the enemy of the republic and it’s too bad Neds takes such a hateful approach to bring it up for debate. It clearly needs to be…

Why is city doing this with our taxes?
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Why is city doing this with our taxes?

February 22, 2019

This trail is poorly designed and expensive. It involves an awkward and dangerous railroad crossing at 36th Street that may never be approved by the Public Utility Commission. It involves…

This city needs to discover real ethics
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This city needs to discover real ethics

February 22, 2019

Another thing that concerns me about the city is that its Board of Ethics, the board that is supposed to be impartial and objective, is appointed by the City Council!…

Today is finally Skip the Straw Day
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Today is finally Skip the Straw Day

February 22, 2019

National Skip the Straw Day falls on Friday, Feb. 22 this year. I am skipping the straw on Friday because our planet and our home deserve to be kept healthy…

Herald fails readers on news about city
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Herald fails readers on news about city

February 21, 2019

So I was sorry to see “John Simpson led fight against Durango’s proposed tax increase” (Feb. 18) reverse course on this commitment and instead present opinion as news. The front-page…

Democrats are enemies of the republic
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Democrats are enemies of the republic

February 20, 2019

They would not even be considering it if the urban population centers in L.A. and New York tended to vote Republican, or if Hillary was president. There are profound reasons…

Get mom to join #metoo, make us great
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Get mom to join #metoo, make us great

February 20, 2019

In the 2016 election, and it is now clear, college-educated white women were the real edge that defeated Hilary Clinton. Did that mean that women know better, are born Republican…

Let’s make it illegal for Trump to lie
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Let’s make it illegal for Trump to lie

February 19, 2019

Our first president was renowned for his inability to lie. Our 16th president’s nickname included the word “honest.” Our current president is renowned for his inability to tell the truth.…

Lives are more important than hurries
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Lives are more important than hurries

February 19, 2019

As a sixth-grader, I was good friends with Harl Kendrick at Florida Elementary School and after his accident I traveled with my mom and Ted Compton to Lubbock, Texas to…

Love my electric car, can’t wait for more
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Love my electric car, can’t wait for more

February 19, 2019

The technology is there, the majority of Coloradans want it, the time is now. I bought my Nissan Leaf in 2017. It has 18,000 miles on it. That’s 18,000 miles…

Aspen throws shade on slushy Durango
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Aspen throws shade on slushy Durango

February 18, 2019

Why did a plow not come down the lane for 12 hours after the heavy snow began? Can Durango do better? Did some of the plow people have the night…

Trust-bust these health care providers
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Trust-bust these health care providers

February 18, 2019

For details about the charges, the office referred me to Centura’s Oklahoma City billing department, which explained that the physical was $450, the 30-second conversation was $385 because that issue…

Greetings from your new county assessor
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Greetings from your new county assessor

February 18, 2019

The task of the assessor could not get done without these hard-working folks. Thanks go out to: Mark Reddy, Renae Dugan, Luanne Hubertus, Diana Cole, Maggie Cowing, Meredith Sigler, Shane…

The Electoral College is now perverted
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The Electoral College is now perverted

February 17, 2019

There is no reason we shouldn’t elect presidents by a nationwide popular vote. The candidate with the most votes in the U.S. wins. I support the National Popular Vote law…

CORE act is good for business – and life
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CORE act is good for business – and life

February 16, 2019

Like Osprey, which established its base in Southwest Colorado for the area’s quality of life and access to spectacular lands, we founded our fly fishing and outdoor adventure business in…

News from the left and right essential
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News from the left and right essential

February 15, 2019

For example, Democrats supported a wall but don’t support Trump’s wall. They now support more effective and less expensive modern techniques. Both sides want the same thing, border security, but…

City leaves us in dark on tax hike bid
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City leaves us in dark on tax hike bid

February 14, 2019

A wide spectrum of citizens expressed many consistent themes, suggestions, and concerns. Except for comments about the details of the failed measure, it appears that only Councilor Melissa Youssef has…

Don’t be so quick to blame the train
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Don’t be so quick to blame the train

February 14, 2019

By my estimate, there have probably been over 3,000 train trips to Silverton and Cascade, many of them being fund raisers, during that same period of time. Before we get…