Opinion & Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor
Democrats are hypocrites on immigration
If you listen to the Democrats, illegal aliens are the absolute solution to all our problems! But wait. What’s happening here? Apparently all this laud and glory is a lie?…
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9-R spokeswoman is now Cruella de Vil?
I was astounded by the tin-ear response from Julie Popp, Durango School District 9-R spokeswoman. She criticized Robyn Baxendale’s effort by stating “negatively casted, nondistrict-sponsored fundraisers are not necessary.” Seriously?…
Editorials
Disclose her pay: LPEA has a transparency problem
LPEA has a new CEO – and says it’s none of your business what she’ll earn
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Your big truck makes a terrible noise
We have known for decades that noise pollution is bad for our health. It’s also unpleasant and only continues to get worse as the population grows. Clearly, it’s not attractive…
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Herald is an equal-opportunity offender
First, there are several resources for syndicated comic strips such as arcamax.com. If the Herald doesn’t carry your faves, look elsewhere, and they’re all free to access. Second, Ms. Byrd…
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How do you know it wasn’t polar bears?
I read somewhat in horror the meandering editorial focused around walruses falling to their deaths (“Walrus down: It’s time to care about pinnipeds,” April 15) and wondered if anyone ever…
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Monica Lewinsky wants a word with you
The president of the United States asked a 22-year-old girl, his intern, for sex. I hope by now we all understand that she could not have given consent, that the…
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Vote for Jeff Mannix and against coal
Currently, LPEA is bound by a contract to Tri-State power that will not expire for 31 years! Tri-State is a coal-driven power company and our contract limits the amount of…
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Some is good, more is not always better
Given that Earth’s atmosphere now contains more carbon dioxide, 25% more, in fact, than at anytime in 800,000 years, happy days are here! I heard a glass of wine a…
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Monica Lewinsky fights cyber-bullying
The Community Foundation is bringing a leading voice in the fight to stop cyber-bullying to Durango for two public events. In 1998, Monica Lewinsky became arguably the first mass victim…
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For Earth Day, learn about carbon act
Young or old, Americans across the country are facing the existential threat of climate change. Their message: We want major climate action, we want both parties on board, and now…
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Jeff Mannix can help us to get greener
Second, federal subsidies have strongly favored fossil fuels over other U.S. energy sources (nuclear, biofuels, renewables). Why are we paying more for dirtier energy that is dangerous to our health…
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Herald should leave First Family alone
Since then, the children of presidents have been off limits – until the Herald ran an editorial cartoon of a tax return on April 15th indicating that those children with…
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Join us to stop immigrant deportations
A year after Bayfield resident Edin Ramos was separated from his family and deported to Honduras, ICE agents are still hard at work, targeting businesses, residences, schools and court in…
Editorials
What is torture: Immigration protesters might give it some thought
It impoverishes the meaning to say that it is any form of detention
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Mannix, Turner will save us from Tri-State
To make matters worse, Tri-State’s energy is expensive, and with its $3.2 billion debt, electricity costs can only go up. The August 2018 Rocky Mountain Institute Report found that Tri-State…
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Now the Herald is taking comics hostage
They blew it! To have removed some well-drawn favorites and replaced them with truly dumb ones is unforgivable. And now we’re told sure, you can see more comics, but you…
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Yes, you finally made the puzzles bigger!
My wife and I are new residents of Durango and were amazed to see the Herald’s improvements in news coverage, editorials, and overall volume of community events and services, professionally…
Editorials
The big prizes: Shoe leather for the Pulitzer wins
This year’s Pulitzers recognize skilled reporters as first-responders
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Gardner fear-mongering on Green Deal
“The country is a mess,” Trump said, “and only I can fix it.” Two years of total Republican control and they have fixed nothing. Two years of complaining about infrastructure…
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Oil and gas industry is crying wolf again
Senate Bill 19-181 is not Proposition 112. It’s not a handful of legislators that supported this bill. It was the majority of legislators that the people of Colorado elected. I’ll…
Editorials
Walrus down: It’s time to care about pinnipeds
On 9/11 we asked, Why do they hate us? Now it’s time to ask, Why do we?
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Climate inaction is not an option here
It’s high time. I applaud Sen. Cory Gardner’s recent op-ed, “Green New Deal is a raw new deal for Colorado” (April 4), inviting bipartisan collaboration on climate solutions. In it,…
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Huntington best choice for LPEA board
Dan’s integrity has always been above reproach. He has been upfront about being a net-metering participant and has abstained from voting on this controversial issue. We need more directors to…
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We need city help with speeders here
As the car sped by, three little children and two adults came out of the alley onto East Third Avenue. It was providence that a disaster did not occur. I…
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They buy the fraud of climate change
If population is going to grow and more food is to be required, then why would anyone want to reduce the rate of emission, or worse yet, actually seek to…