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Scott Tipton is bad news for veterans
My vote goes for Diane Mitsch Bush. Brian McAleer, Vietnam 1969-70 Durango
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Let’s make our Durango beautiful again
Across from this is another triangle of weeds and trash. After placing the very nice “Welcome to Durango” sign on the east side and a nice park-like area, this is…
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Democrats don’t deserve my support
During the past two years, the Democratic Party has proven itself to be committed as ever to the principles of elitism and plutocracy on which it was founded. Just as…
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Y, Z, 73, 109 and 110 are all scams
Along with a one-page voter guide, it has three essays on major ballot issues. Amendments Y and Z have been promoted by $5.4 million-plus in campaign donations. Two donations of…
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2A: Don’t write the city a blank check
The city is asking for $250 million over 25 years with few constraints on spending it. Some will go to the police station and roads, but what about the rest?…
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Unger has experience for state Senate
He wouldn’t have said this if there were no truth to it – this critique is so devastating it really is a clear choice to take control from such a…
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Homelessness is hard but not unsolvable
In the sheriff’s race, Smith has been accused of “not enforcing laws” around homelessness. Again, we learn that it’s much more complicated and nuanced than this assertion. Having a camp…
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Guinn Unger is better on healthcare
Affordable and available healthcare for all is important for me. This is an important issue for Guinn Unger as well. As many of you know, here in Southwest Colorado we…
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Teachers union is stiffing indy Paul Jones
The email states: “Ballots are coming next week – do you know where CEA stands on candidates and issues? Bipartisan groups of CEA members, who are educators like you, interviewed…
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It’s your city, approve the tax increase
If you had participated in the community engagement meetings related to this initiative this past spring and summer, you would have heard a range of thoughtful views. At the end…
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Herald is wrong about Brauchler, Weiser
The AG is the state’s top lawyer, demanding executive, not “nuts and bolts,” experience to successfully oversee an office of almost 500 personnel and 270 lawyers. The AG protects our…
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Walker Stapleton’s money is tainted
Looking into Walker Stapleton’s campaign finances, he has received more money from extractive industries than any other candidate, a quarter of his contributions from out of state, including some from…
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Democrats are probably the new Nazis
In 1939, they started enforcing their will by mob rule, intimidation and violence against anyone that did not believe as they did. In 1935, German gun registration and removal. Now,…
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Allison Aichele is a superb treasurer
Colton Black’s only disclosed educational credential and experience in these realms is licensing allowing him to open individual accounts, solicit money and make recommendations to individuals. None of this applies…
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We need more GOP to make more sense
Even the Herald has to admit that Ballot Issue 2A is ill-conceived and not well thought out. One of the few times (in my opinion) the Herald is correct. I…
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Colorado AG must be a Trump-fighter
Trump’s attempts to gut environmental protection laws are being contested by the California AG. Trump’s attempts to gut our long-standing immigration policies are being protected by New York’s AG. We…
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Vote to save our health with setbacks
There are 47,000 active oil and gas wells and 82,000 inactive wells statewide, with toxic spills/releases totaling more than 4,000 – 100 percent contaminating soil and 43 percent contaminating ground…
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City tax hike is well justified and wise
I’ve lived just outside city limits for almost 20 years but am in the city daily. Until recently, I owned a condo in Durango which involved contact with city officials…
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Don’t waste negative mailings on me
If you cannot utilize publicity by providing info on what you have done, are doing or plan to do for La Plata County or my local district, and based in…
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When you vote, it’s like having a lifesaver
Vote to save Medicare. Vote to save protections for pre-existing conditions in our health insurance coverage. Yes, it’s really that simple. Vote. Dan Miller Mancos
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Vote for setbacks, a recreation economy
The oil and gas industry says that Proposition 112’s 2,500-foot setbacks will put 85 percent of Colorado’s non-federal lands off limits to drilling. I zoomed in on the Colorado Oil…
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City should better use tax funds on hand
A design that would destroy the rural road feel of Roosa Avenue – a 10- foot-wide sidewalk, eliminating existing bike lanes and, if ultimately built south to US 160, destroying…
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Aichele has done everything by the book
It would be a huge mistake to change horses in midstream given Allison’s strong leadership and quality performance heading the department. She has been unfairly maligned with trivial and outdated…
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Beware ‘hand of god’ con in government
Both Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Alito were nominated by a man who saw himself as the “Hand of God,” George W. Bush. The Roberts court stepped over the line…
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Voters must save us from Republicans
They have done this bysteamrolling tax cuts primarily for corporations and the rich and especially the super-rich; jamming through confirmations of right-wing judges; making it harder for poor people and…
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My vote on Ballot Question 2A
If you had participated in the community engagement meetings related to this initiative this past spring and summer, you would have heard a range of thoughtful views. At the end…
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How’d you like a strip club next door?
You need to know the actual wording to make a good decision. It’s in the Blue Book that the state mails out, that you should have already gotten. Case in…
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Oil and gas industry lies about Prop 112
How gullible do they think we are? Do they really have to exaggerate so much? Let’s get a sense of proportion here. According to CU’s 2018 Business Economic Outlook, there…
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No on Tipton, but vote YES on Prop. 112
Scott Tipton is not afraid of his constituents, evidence his total avoidance of town halls in La Plata County; Scott Tipton has had an original idea while in office, evidence…
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Guinn Unger is a thinker and doer
Having witnessed the Affordable Care Act, I really agree with him on affordable health care for all. Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness aren’t possible if you’re sick and…