Editorials
No do-overs: There’s always the next election
Efforts to recall Democrats in Colorado are circular, impractical and lame
Opinion & Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor
Big idea behind National Popular Vote
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to understand that when you must win the popular vote across all 50 states and D.C. to be awarded the 270 electoral votes necessary…
Letters to the Editor
Bigger not always better, Durango Herald
More comics and puzzles would have been an improvement; instead, there are fewer. My penciled answers almost disappear in the huge boxes of the puzzles. Should I bring a crayon?…
Letters to the Editor
Senator Gardner, meet the carbon act
In your opinion piece about the Green New Deal (“Green New Deal is a raw new deal for Colorado,” April 4), you emphasize the importance of working together, across the…
Editorials
Kinds of mayor: How strong should she be?
Durango and Cortez have what once were progressive forms of government
Letters to the Editor
Senator, check out another green deal
I support U.S. House Resolution 763, the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act of 2019, a market-driven federal bill with bipartisan co-sponsors that addresses the risks of climate change by…
Letters to the Editor
Jeff Mannix for LPEA board, the future
The go-slow naysayers out there are sticking their collective heads farther into the sand if they think climate change will simply go away if we just wait for a while.…
Editorials
Net neutrality: Colorado gets it
Colorado Legislature acts to do what the federal government forgot
Letters to the Editor
CORE lands act has something for all
Hunters gain improved habitat and corridors for much-loved Colorado big game species like Rocky Mountain big horn sheep, elk and mule deer. Anglers see increased protections for Colorado cutthroat trout,…
Letters to the Editor
Go green, reelect Turner to LPEA board
As the costs of renewable energy continue to plummet below the cost of burning coal, Southwest Colorado stands to reap tremendous benefits. With 300 sunny days a year, we are…
Editorials
The Great Gatsby at 94
The novella, born of hope, flopped. You can guess what happened next.
Letters to the Editor
The president is a world-class coward
Before even taking office, he had to pay $25 million for scamming Americans with his fake university. Trump claimed he hires only the best people. I guess he meant to…
Letters to the Editor
Parks and Wildlife is extorting hunters
Apparently, there are serious concerns as to the way it squeezes additional funds from the everyday hunter, both out-of-state and resident. The newest regulations require a hunter to purchase an…
Letters to the Editor
Trout Unlimited is correct on climate
Trout Unlimited, a national grassroots organization, made a big endorsement this week for a bipartisan climate change solution – the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act. Trout Unlimited President and…
Letters to the Editor
Absurd ideas about LPEA and Tri-State
Inevitably, these solutions ignore certain realities and the diverse needs of the members. Take, for example, the La Plata Electric Association. It has been proposed that a simple jump from…
Editorials
Durango won: City elections yield tax for roads and a new Council
City elections mostly show voters’ wisdom on sales tax and City Council
Letters to the Editor
Sammy, time to sleep in, you’ve earned it
Sports teams doing their fund raiser car washes (guess who paid for the water?). Who listened to the complaints when the car wasn’t washed quite right or even worse when…
Letters to the Editor
Russia-gate editorial bizarre, troubling
The editors indict the media broadly for their coverage of efforts to undermine our elections, when by and large media have reported known facts about a conspiracy with grave consequences…
Letters to the Editor
Ego in leftist journalism finally backfired
The “resistance” that you seem somewhat proud to be a part of is a group of people that don’t want to accept the results of a democratic election. The orderly…
Editorials
LPEA elections
In two races, the incumbents get our nods to move the board carefully ahead
Editorials
Flummoxed: The southern border is out of control
The real crisis at the border is here and we’re plum out of solutions
Letters to the Editor
On capital punishment, no argument
Sigman (“Herald editorial wrong on death penalty,” March 18) commented on a Herald piece (“Abolish it,” March 11) that advocated for the abolishment of the death penalty. There’s only one…
Letters to the Editor
Electoral College thwarts democracy
As established by Article II of the Constitution, the college was a compromise between a president elected by Congress and one elected by popular vote. If the president was elected…
Letters to the Editor
Medicare for all could cure financial ills
Canada has a national universal healthcare system, like our Medicare. The research review of 25 studies found that a poor person in Canada is 36 percent more likely to receive…
Letters to the Editor
Turner is right choice for LPEA board
He has opposed every rate increase as a director. I admire his support of policies that protect our land, keep our local dollars local and strive for energy resilience. Voting…
Letters to the Editor
Durango grew since ’50s; YES on 1A
The city population has increased exponentially since the 1950s. Our city has not had the funds to properly maintain its infrastructure. This means that we citizens are forced to walk…
Letters to the Editor
The time has come to raise sales tax
For a host of external reasons, city budgets across the nation are under stress, Durango included. The cities that survive, and even thrive, will be those whose citizens understand these…