Opinion & Letters to the Editor

Tiny home community is right for Durango
Letters to the Editor

Tiny home community is right for Durango

May 19, 2018

I have recently found myself in a handicapped situation, trying to live on disability, and I think the tiny home community is a really great idea (Herald, May 11). Please…

Reminder to bear proof your trash cans
Letters to the Editor

Reminder to bear proof your trash cans

May 19, 2018

This morning, garbage was strewn along C.R. 203 before the mobile home park. Thanks to all of you for being good neighbors. Sherri Libby Durango

Criminalizing poverty is the real crime
Letters to the Editor

Criminalizing poverty is the real crime

May 19, 2018

Public space means you have a right to exist there regardless of the money in your pocket. Durango ranks as one of the wealthiest cities of its size in the…

Reporting all crime essential for safety
Letters to the Editor

Reporting all crime essential for safety

May 19, 2018

Unless all crime is reported, any database will lack validity and fail to provide the community and police department with an important tool to ensure our community safety. We are…

Get out to hear Dem primary candidates
Letters to the Editor

Get out to hear Dem primary candidates

May 19, 2018

Three Democratic candidates will be on the June primary ballot vying to be the Democratic nominee. For the first time, both Democratic and unaffiliated voters will be voting in this…

Multi-modal plans are just not realistic
Letters to the Editor

Multi-modal plans are just not realistic

May 19, 2018

There seems to be some reluctance on the part of those in charge of planning to recognize that perhaps 95 percent (or more) of those who come to Durango and/or…

Elect those who will fix insurance woes
Letters to the Editor

Elect those who will fix insurance woes

May 19, 2018

Many feel that they don’t want more government involvement in health care, and that less regulation will lead to more private competition and lower premium costs. That won’t happen as…

Actually, it was bad air quality, Mom
Letters to the Editor

Actually, it was bad air quality, Mom

May 19, 2018

I was a part of the generation who believed that those towering smokestacks were an image of beauty and economic vitality. Until 12 years old, when I began to be…

Bring Ramos home, protect Dreamers
Letters to the Editor

Bring Ramos home, protect Dreamers

May 19, 2018

The Durango Herald recently reported on a local businessman Edin Ramos being deported to Honduras (Herald, May 9). His crime was coming to America to seek a better life. Ramos…

Some facts in light of letter to the editor
Letters to the Editor

Some facts in light of letter to the editor

May 19, 2018

I am neither a gun owner nor an NRA member. SCOTUS has ruled to protect the Second Amendment from states and to guaranteeing an individual’s right to keep and bear…

Celebrate the miraculous recovery of Israel
Letters to the Editor

Celebrate the miraculous recovery of Israel

May 18, 2018

Many ancient prophecies concerning the last days of human history assumed Israel would be a thriving, prosperous nation. It seemed impossible that Jews from all around the world would flood…

Don’t blame energy industry for ozone
Letters to the Editor

Don’t blame energy industry for ozone

May 18, 2018

The story implies that the reason for unhealthy ozone days is emissions from power plants and “oil and gas operations, such as nitrogen oxides and methane.” Put simply, methane is…

Paper disrespects families in tragedies
Letters to the Editor

Paper disrespects families in tragedies

May 18, 2018

The fact that a story would be written less than 24 hours after a mother and father have lost their child, and without their consent, should make us all question…

We wish all the best to Scott Cooper
Op-Ed

We wish all the best to Scott Cooper

May 17, 2018

I hope that this move is in his best interest, rather than simply to make life easier for the school board, which has been besieged by a vocal minority of…

Registration open for Ouray art show
Letters to the Editor

Registration open for Ouray art show

May 16, 2018

Categories include; oil/acrylic, watercolor, drawing & printmaking, pastel, mixed media, sculpture, photography and a student division. All entries will be eligible for Best in Show ($500) and each category will…

The media is not all liberal journalists
Letters to the Editor

The media is not all liberal journalists

May 16, 2018

As readers of the Herald well know, Mike is one of a handful of locals who routinely blasts liberals for every ill on the planet. I rarely find his letters…

Lachelt earned the respect of community
Letters to the Editor

Lachelt earned the respect of community

May 16, 2018

To suggest, as Peg Aldridge has (Herald, May 7), that Lachelt is a money-grabbing profiteer is insulting and is blatantly false. What are you accusing her of, and what are…

All welcome to come view powerful film
Letters to the Editor

All welcome to come view powerful film

May 16, 2018

As inspiring an experience as that was, we are now wondering where to go next as we ride this wave of advancement for all people. To try to stimulate some…

Local voters still can’t see Colorado TV
Letters to the Editor

Local voters still can’t see Colorado TV

May 14, 2018

The conventional wisdom was that this problem would be over after the last regime and their stated objective of doing away with insane regulations, this one foisted on us by…

Hacks hell-bent on destroying America
Letters to the Editor

Hacks hell-bent on destroying America

May 14, 2018

Where was the press when Jack the Zipper Kennedy was playing footsie with movie stars, having his body guards sneak hookers into the side door of the White House? Why…

Dance with me at the MAGA ball
Letters to the Editor

Dance with me at the MAGA ball

May 12, 2018

Vocals are by DeVos, off key and having problems with the charter school lyrics. On dining room table, we have Carson, the brain surgeon troubled by the HUD rhythms. There’s…