He starts by writing about fracking and ends up claiming that gas-and-oil companies should submit themselves to the requirements of the Toxics Release Inventory. It is implied that petroleum and…
I’m finished voting for people taking corporate money in exchange for supporting corporate policy-making. James Watt Bayfield
Is it not hypocritical, then, for the city to try and steamroll a private entity, the Durango Gun Club, when no one with a straight face would deny that publicly…
I don’t mind walking a few blocks; I’m tired of the frustration. The only solution I see is to build a parking ramp. Employees and residents need a place to…
The city does not provide funds to operate the gun club; we are self-funding. The agreement was made 60 years ago. The latest agreement was to last until the county…
We both say practically every day, “I can’t believe we get to live here.” However, the only thing puzzling me is how fast is seems people drive, even downtown on…
These topics have a common thread: systemic inflammation. What causes this inflammation doesn’t seem to be as much of a pressing question as which drugs do the best job. But…
I’d like to thank Rep. Scott Tipton for championing this legislation in the House and ensuring it moves to the House floor for a full vote in the coming months.…
However, in these increasingly trying times it is universally recognized in the veteran community we have a Veterans Service Officer who excels in his position that sets him above his…
Morley Ballantine and I had lunch together for the first time during my stint as a volunteer secretary and fundraiser for the Colorado Chapter of The National Mustang Association in…
And lord help us if any union meetings are being held in municipally owned buildings. We should root such advocacy out in the same way the Herald went after National…
Those who are northbound and turning west on 160 need to stop at the new intersection then proceed 100 yards to the traffic light for those that are going east…
The existing (unimproved) path is already heavily used and a more accessible all-weather link to Chapman Hill, Fort Lewis College and nearby neighborhoods would be as useful as the current…
Recently, a co-founder of Greenpeace, Patrick Moore – who has a Ph. D. in ecology and is well-versed in all biology subjects as well as climate change – appeared on…
Another specious argument is that downtown is “family-oriented.” On a recent Sunday at 11 a.m., I was driving past a bar at 10th Street and Main Avenue. There were about…
Agenda 21 is truly a United Nations plot to take over our country. Many thousands of U.N. operatives have infiltrated the Girl Scouts and are selling cookies with mind-control chips…
The No. 1 goal of the NRA is to protect the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. They went after left-wing politicians who had voted to weaken the right to…
I feel now I am faced with the same situation in a different location, that is, another remake of an intersection costing millions of dollars not needing to be made.…
For film-goers who want to avoid films with darker elements, the festival program contains content-descriptors for each film; the descriptors for “A Touch of Sin” were “mature content, violence, sexual…
I don’t know Jones, but judging his comments, I assume he is of the “right-leaning” persuasion and is a member of the 99 percent. I offer the following opinions: 1)…
Just after the New Year, I began exploring my health-care options on the Colorado Health Exchange, knowing that I would be dinged on my taxes if I did not get…
Allison McGee Johnson, Colorado Ethics Watch Denver
The health-care issue is not a matter of religious preference – forcing people who go to a church that does not believe in medical care to buy insurance; it is…
Highlights of the meeting I’d like to share with the public are: the huge amount of support shown for Michael Ackerman, as well as outrage about his elimination. One parent…
I lived downtown for a time and was often thwarted in parking by the constant and year-round city-sponsored events. Once, I had to park six blocks away from my apartment…
First, the Cornell University study has been debunked many times. In fact, a study from the Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Lab casts even more doubt on the Cornell…
