I was a teacher of middle and high school students. As a teacher, where is my right not to be trained and armed with a gun? I went into teaching…
I have known Gwen personally for many years, and I know her to be a caring, thoughtful, passionate, dedicated, hard-working, creative, intelligent and kind individual, who I believe is doing…
Project-based learning is a huge step forward in moving our educational system into the 21st century. Traditional schools have not kept pace with societal changes. Who needs kids to memorize…
They have been doing exactly that, including right here in La Plata County, in order to limit and reduce regulations that protect our natural world (think clean air, water, forests,…
First, using a recall to remove an elected official to get your way on an issue ends up killing democracy. When the other side starts doing the same, elected officials…
In the U.S. Navy many years ago, I was skilled enough to qualify “Expert” with an M-1 rifle and a .45 pistol. I learned marksmanship and weapons safety in the…
Translation: He is needlessly burdening our children with trillions of dollars of debt. He voted to strip the BLM of the ability to regulate methane emissions from wells on BLM…
First, widely divergent statistics have been used to describe her attendance record in commissioner business meetings, both by her supporters as well as her critics. What is her true attendance…
To kill geese or ducks, shotguns are only permitted to have three shells in the chamber and magazine combined. To shoot deer or elk, hunting rifles are only permitted to…
Our current treasurer, Allison Aichele, won a highly-contested election due to her greater qualifications and experience. Tim Walsworth, the other candidate for treasurer, is the director of the Business Improvement…
We need to have better laws, need to pass and enforce laws, on background checks. We need to get semi-automatic firearms with detachable magazines and pistol grips with flash suppressors…
I am a strong, successful business woman and I support Dave Peters in his efforts to recall Gwen Lachelt. To say this recall is based on sexism is a typical…
Americans for Prosperity has a new office here and admits that they are taking “an active role to influence La Plata County’s land-use code [and] to reach out to residents…
This is a huge win for the people of Durango. By now we know traditional dirty energy sources threaten our health, natural resources and way of life here in Colorado.…
In the near 20 years since Columbine, we all should have learned by now that a solution is not coming from Washington. Our reality is very clear. If the deaths…
Neither of those charges are valid. Lachelt has attended over ninety percent of the meetings during her tenure and most of her absences were due to out of town travel…
It’s not his fault. it’s the court system. He has been trying to come home and they won’t let him. He is being threatened by several people now and they…
There’s a special corner of hell where Wayne La Pierre and the NRA’s biggest funders will be called upon to explain to the thousands of innocents senselessly gunned down why…
Are just a few of the magical things That Tipton, Gardner and Republican “kings” Think will bring an end to mass shootings. Eilene Lyon Durango
My mind roars, “It’s not just your job; it’s the job of our government! It’s the job of the men and women we elect and entrust to represent our interests…
Another brutal killing of students and faculty, and yet you remain silent about the need for sensible gun legislation such as a ban on assault weapons and mandatory background checks…
Rep. Scott Tipton received $3,500 in the 2016 election. Both have voted for the weakening of gun laws. President Trump repealed a bill requiring a check before mentally ill individuals…
“I am heartbroken for the students & family of those involved in this horrible tragedy & I’m praying for our first responders as they act swiftly to contain the situation.”…
Even though Sessions has indicated that he will not go out of his way to enforce marijuana laws, laws which are still on the books until the Congress says otherwise,…
In the case at hand, our democratically-elected county commissioner, Gwen Lachelt, has neither broken the law nor violated an ethical code, as cited in many other articles, editorials and letters…
I did not originally have much of an opinion either way on Gwen. After a few discussions with members of this group, I realized her staunchest opponents are in denial…
I am both a driver and a cyclist, but this is not one of those letters complaining about the bad habits of one or the other. This is a letter…
I have spoken with other members of our lovely community who have heard of this ridiculousness before; in Durango, it is “a thing.” A mechanic at Durango Motor Company giggled…
It has been deeply disturbing to me to read hateful, divisive half-truths regarding Gwen Lachelt, a twice elected public official, in the newspaper and on Facebook. It seems reflective of…
