In early November, 2017, the Durango City Council unanimously voted to sign a resolution in support of reauthorization, and in December, all three La Plata County Commissioners signed a letter…
I have read and commented on the monkey site and am extremely disappointed in the new “vision” for our community. Since when have these local government officials decided that it…
As a systems analyst for over 20 years, I was frequently tasked with writing a “straw man document” for others to react to. The purpose of a straw man is…
Under the proposed land use code my neighbors could well lose this opportunity. In the “Scenic Overlay District,” farming, farmers market, farm stands, greenhouses, animal training, work-live and live-work units,…
Transparency about issues, information, and options;Member interests made primary by the board;All options explored – not just one;Information about risks, drawbacks and benefits of staying on our current path, and…
They’re back! With all the hubbub nonsense about important national priorities going on in the Capitol, Republican representative Tom McClintock (Calif.), chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, is pushing…
Are you a teacher? Tipton’s House version eliminated deductions for classroom supplies. The Senate did add back $250. Need to move for a job? Can’t write off any of the…
You claim the code “incorporates input from multiple working groups.” Who are these groups? Did they include the chambers of commerce, the Builders Association, the Farm Bureau, the Cattlemen’s Association,…
That wasn’t the case for Rep. Tipton. While the rest of us struggled at home, he continued to receive his salary in D.C. In 2013, Tipton promised us he would…
My baser farting, burping, good-ol’-boy instinct has me laughing as the dirty, tattered exodus goes slouching toward Bethlehem, up the hill, out of town. My flawed character nods in agreement…
Durango- From left, Joanne Spina, La Plata County Manager, and county commissioners, Brad Blake, Gwen Lachelt and Julie Westendorff, lead a meeting of the La Plata County proposed land code…
Even as we have faced declining enrollment, we have added an associate V.P. of Academic Affairs and an Assistant V.P. of Academic Affairs to aid the V.P. of Academic Affairs.…
The Snowdown themes are chosen two years ahead from a pool of suggestions that the public submits. This allows event organizers some time to plan their events with that chosen…
President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) He cited…
I kept score at the first Snowdown softball game. I kept the stats for the first Snowdown Gelande jump. I marched in that first parade although I can’t remember which…
In 1990, I had 2-year-old twin boys and was pregnant with our daughter. I read a story on old-time patent medicines and really wished there was one to relieve cabin…
A failure by Congress to repeal a harsh limit on therapy treatments poses very real financial and medical threats to seniors already struggling from strokes or debilitating conditions like Alzheimer’s…
Nearly all the small lots along County Road 203 on the west side of the valley, and along CR 250 along the east side of the valley – that are…
There are so many things that make Snowdown special. That this year marks 40 (!) years of fun and frivolity stands out. Forty years of Snowdown could not happen without…
After printing, our software vendor informed all Colorado treasurers that there was a bug in the system that used the old assessment ratio of 7.96 percent when calculating the senior…
That is why the U.S. Forest Service is currently seeking to modernize their NEPA regulations for the first time in a quarter century; which, with over 100 million acres of…
I’m writing here to touch on the lack of support we received from the Durango Police Department upon filing a police report. First, it took over twenty minutes for the…
Why? Because it’s not life this group is supporting, it’s birth. If groups like this truly supported life, the Children’s Health Insurance Program would have been renewed months ago. Appropriate…
