Opinion & Letters to the Editor

Letter: Lauren Boebert is off to a bad start
Letters to the Editor

Letter: Lauren Boebert is off to a bad start

December 29, 2020

Does it not trouble her that her allegations have already been tested by the U.S. legal system and rejected, not once but 39 times? Has she read any of the…

Our View: COVID-19: The truth
Editorials

Our View: COVID-19: The truth

December 29, 2020

A few examples: Bill Gates created the virus. The vaccine is a female sterilization shot. It will alter your DNA irreparably. Bergman is a 25-year veteran nurse who works for…

Letter: City clarifies tax spending on streets
Letters to the Editor

Letter: City clarifies tax spending on streets

December 29, 2020

Transparency is key for local government. However, some clarification is needed. Durango voters in April 2019 approved raising the tax by a half cent to improve the city’s streets. All…

Letter: Taggers should be caught and punished
Letters to the Editor

Letter: Taggers should be caught and punished

December 29, 2020

For instance, their destructive, self-absorbed behavior has resulted in chain-link fencing closing off the Bakers Bridge area where, over many years, through the kindness of the property owners, we were…

Letter: When can a stroke victim get a vaccine?
Letters to the Editor

Letter: When can a stroke victim get a vaccine?

December 29, 2020

The woman expressed great frustration, saying only, “I don’t know,” then promptly just hung up on me. I thought to myself, “My taxpayer dollars are being paid to this person?…

Letter: Legislators must act on climage change now
Letters to the Editor

Letter: Legislators must act on climage change now

December 28, 2020

All this to say the world needs a drastic change to our environmental policies and Colorado should lead the way. Climate change is not a future issue, as we were…

Letter: Officials have deceived us on COVID-19
Letters to the Editor

Letter: Officials have deceived us on COVID-19

December 25, 2020

They live for the notoriety and attention they are receiving. They are destroying lives and whole communities for their own selfish motives. It is more than apparent to most of…

Letter: Reopen schools for in-person learning
Letters to the Editor

Letter: Reopen schools for in-person learning

December 24, 2020

Sadly, 9-R’s new “return to learn” policy has failed us. Three important things about this plan are that it is far more strict than state guidelines require, has no set…

Letter: See the real disaster created by COVID-19
Letters to the Editor

Letter: See the real disaster created by COVID-19

December 23, 2020

Obviously, Wright is not involved with the hospitals. If she were, she would see the real disaster of this pandemic, which is our health care system pushed beyond its limits.…

Letter: COVID-19 rules are illegal, immoral and unhelpful
Letters to the Editor

Letter: COVID-19 rules are illegal, immoral and unhelpful

December 21, 2020

Citizens desire to be cooperative and helpful in dangerous circumstances, but we do realize that many of these COVID-19 rules are illegal, immoral and unhelpful. This makes us restive and…

Letter: Buck, Lanborn should not be seated in Congress
Letters to the Editor

Letter: Buck, Lanborn should not be seated in Congress

December 18, 2020

Congressman Bill Pascrell (NJ) summarises: “Stated simply, men and women who would act to tear the United States government apart cannot serve as Members of the Congress. These lawsuits seeking…

Letter: More questions about the 9-R bond issue
Letters to the Editor

Letter: More questions about the 9-R bond issue

December 17, 2020

I think it is probably good for the district to get more money, but why didn’t they just let people vote on the full amount? Also, I don’t understand why…