It also upset us how the story quoted Animas High School students. Marley was asked about the best part of Animas. This has nothing to do with the issue at…
Cramer, apparently, did not know that last year the market member/vendors voted to: 1) Make available one seat on the five-member board from the nonagricultural membership. 2) Fill available vendor…
Coal will always be one of our energy resources. There is no getting around that. The United States has seen declining emissions over the last 10 years. It is China…
Rises in atmospheric CO2 seem to have often played a significant role in many of these events. The changes to life and the environment brought on by these episodes were…
Governments so often forget where the money comes from (the taxpayers) and where it should go (public services, social services, paying debt, etc.). Seventeen-thousand dollars is more money than some…
I have a couple of questions: How many is a “bunch” when describing a group of humans? And if they “road” ATVs, does this mean there was a road there?…
Are there alternatives? Yes, but the Parks & Recreation Department is so locked in to its current plan, that it is overlooking a highly attractive alternative. The access road behind…
The Koch brothers and their partners in Big Carbon have finally found a carbon tax they really like. No, not on the carbon they produce in prodigious amounts. No, not…
In my case, coping with the VA has mainly been accomplished by avoiding it. In my working career, I was fortunate to have good insurance from my employer, and in…
We are now into 17 years of basically no change in global temperature, confounding all the climate scientists who deeply hoped, in an anti-human way, for a cataclysm of rapid…
Amendment 3A, passed by residents of the district, saved it from even greater revenue losses. Without Amendment 3A, the district would have suffered further losses of $6.2 million. District 9-R’s…
I wasn’t depressed about my wrinkles or my bank account. I rejoiced that the sun filled me with its beauty and warmth, seducing the flowers into bloom and the calves…
Please let me explain to you, the membership, something the candidates who keep speaking out against “the old guard” are not telling you: Simply, there is a difference between “generation”…
Families who are just barely making ends meet cannot afford the higher electric rates associated with the ideas of these few well-meaning people. These directors are pushing their own agenda,…
LeBlanc already siphons more than $160,000 in salary and perks from the city. Why should we pay for him and other invited insiders to chow down on $30-a-plate dinners? Talk…
But as for Pierce, it’s sad he feels so threatened by modern progressiveness. In response to his old charge of “liberal bias” in journalism, I ask where he draws his…
Contrary to what was written, I’m not a commercial rafter. I’m principal owner of Four Corners Riversports, a retail store and small paddle school. The rafting company, Four Corners Whitewater,…
All of the city’s long-established and cherished neighborhoods will be affected by this decision, and it will have long-standing consequences for all of our residential neighborhoods. All residents of Durango,…
Brown’s letter displays his usual flair for speculation; the “gang of six,” the “unrealistic board members,” “Berman received a huge salary,” “investors got the shaft,” etc. I suspect Brown is…
Berman is a highly competent, well-trained electrical engineer who has served our community well during his terms on the LPEA board. We need directors with vision, who are willing to…
By design, the city of Durango has developed in a linear fashion along the Animas River corridor with commercial activities allowed adjacent to the Main Avenue/Camino del Rio roadway. The…
