While the Trump administration has been making terrible decisions to roll back clean energy standards and boost the coal industry, utilities are playing a critical leadership role in transitioning away…
Trump promised he would hire only the best people. Obviously he meant the best grifters. Of course, our Grifter in Chief knows a top-of-the-line grifter when he sees one. I’ll…
It is worth noting, this popular ballot measure, approved by over 70 percent of the voters, has strict language on how it is to be spent. Specifically, it prohibits use…
The 3 percent increase in the water and sewer rates is sinful. Council needs to listen to the citizens. It needs to manage its expenditures to the revenues. Eliminate some…
The CEO of Aspen Skiing Co. noted there has been a 2 degree increase in temperature over the past 50 years. Now, the warming trend is accelerating, due to increased…
Education and understanding climate change and its consequences to our local economy is an essential step before effective action. In summary, it appears the Southwest is in for increased drought,…
When the band came up with their name in the late ’80s, I’m sure it seemed funny at the time… though it really wasn’t. The name of their band roughly…
Last week, House Speaker Paul Ryan decided to go out with a cowardly whimper by sneaking in a last-minute amendment to the farm bill. Five Democrats broke ranks and the…
The recent public assaults on Dan and the district have been one-sided character attacks, apparently motivated by a small fringe group led by disgruntled former employees. This has been greatly…
In addition to taxes collected from hunting licenses which goes toward wildlife conservation programs, Colorado hunters spend $221 million on trip-related expenditures every year. This money translates into revenue for…
The sales tax dedicated to Parks and Rec and open space needs to be redirected to the city’s general fund. The essential needs of a police station and road and…
In the last election, results showed that the current county commissioner for District 1 received 5,869 votes and his opponent got 5,155 votes within the precincts for that district. That’s…
The students demonstrated their skills of dialogue by conducting a Socratic seminar in which some agreed upon norms were: “don’t talk over each other,” “hard on content, soft on people”…
There is also a street light at the 32nd Street boat launch that has been flashing like a strobe light for over two weeks, which is dangerous for a couple…
Unfortunately, under President George Junior, the “oops of (supposedly) wrong information regarding weapons of mass destruction” took us into another Iraq war from 2003 to 2011 which created thousands of…
As a district employee, I have sometimes agreed with Mr. Snowberger and the board. At other times, I have disagreed. This isn’t unusual. This is simply what it’s like to…
Snowberger has worked tirelessly over the last seven years on behalf of the students, faculty and parents of the district. While serving on the school board, I was inspired by…
The report used proponents’ models; scientists who augment their incomes with public and private grants given to them to design reports showing greatly exaggerated climate change models. The models published…
I attended the “Wicked Problem” meetings held by the city and I consider myself an informed citizen. I was not surprised by the vote. The lack of foresight and planning…
I hope that Council has learned from the defeat of their tax increase proposal. Approval of the water and sewer increases will indicate that they still don’t get it. Citizens…
What I didn’t see was an explanation for his outright lying about the incident taking place at all. To further weaken his attempt at an apology, he tried to make…
This sounds like a time police would be needed. It also should be a problem for a “communications director” of 9-R. Julian Behn Durango
The Bureau of Land Management thankfully deferred plans to offer a massive swath of land for oil and gas drilling – with some parcels less than a mile from Great…
We have problems, but this story is a joke. Every voter in Durango, please go and check out Weston Drive in person. Google its location and go look at this…
Yet, the fact that the current administration used tear gas now qualifies critics to call us weak. The Reagan administration gave over four million illegals amnesty in 1986 in return…
He has been employed by the city of Durango longer than any other employee. His roots are here, his family is here, he won’t be going anywhere anytime soon. He…
I have worked as a veterinarian for 28 years, the majority deep in wolf territory. Wisconsin has a stable population of 900 wolves. I did depredation claims for my livestock…
I will stand up, but not in the way as framed by the editorial. I was a state legislator for this area for 10 years. During that time, I met…
Unfortunately, that is especially true for electricity. We are learning that the health effects of generating power from coal are terrible. For example, I have asthma. It has been shown…
Efforts to strip federal protection from wolves across the northern Rockies, consigning them to the bullet, steel trap and poison bait management tactics of state wildlife agencies, are further reason…
