Opinion & Letters to the Editor

Support the climate plan for local ag
Letters to the Editor

Support the climate plan for local ag

November 21, 2015

With increasingly severe droughts across the West and changing weather patterns everywhere, conditions are getting harder for farmers to plan for their growing seasons and maintain a sustainable livelihood. Time…

Water plan
Editorials

Water plan

November 21, 2015

Statewide multifaceted effort is required to meet water needs

City takes hard line on parking law
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City takes hard line on parking law

November 19, 2015

My mother had forgotten to put her handicap permit in the window of her vehicle. She has been handicapped and had a permit for it for 5 years). She immediately…

Education system aims to close minds
Letters to the Editor

Education system aims to close minds

November 19, 2015

It seems that intolerance and closed minds are the aim and end product of our education system. This mindset is now so pervasive I am not sure it is reversible.…

Conservatives won’t be confused by facts
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Conservatives won’t be confused by facts

November 19, 2015

Specifically, the ongoing witch hunt against Planned Parenthood. Don’t just take my word, do your own research. Google “what is Planned Parenthood guilty of” and then follow and read the…

Purgatory!
Editorials

Purgatory!

November 19, 2015

Opening day of 2015-2016 season marks 50th season with change, improvements

Opposition to sewer plant over the top
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Opposition to sewer plant over the top

November 18, 2015

On Nov. 5 the Durango Herald printed its third editorial in opposition to rebuilding the sewer plant at Santa Rita Park. It sounded like a spoiled child that didn’t get…

Health costs
Editorials

Health costs

November 18, 2015

Enrollment and rising costs reveal larger problems with health care

Syrian refugees
Editorials

Syrian refugees

November 16, 2015

To both his credit and Colorado’s, Governor Hickenlooper got it right

Tricking Starbucks is not Christ-like
Letters to the Editor

Tricking Starbucks is not Christ-like

November 16, 2015

To call Christians to join in a nationwide campaign promoting animosity, trickery and deliberate provocation in the name of Jesus is heartbreaking and totally misrepresentative of who Jesus is, what…

Add a new stop sign to sidewalk repairs
Letters to the Editor

Add a new stop sign to sidewalk repairs

November 15, 2015

Living in the area, I have to believe that it is one of the most densely packed neighborhoods in the city with the Arroyo apartments and trailer park, the Forest…

Reauthorize highly successful program
Letters to the Editor

Reauthorize highly successful program

November 15, 2015

The LWCF is funded by offshore oil drilling royalties, not taxpayers, and is the country’s best tool for increasing recreational opportunities for communities. Despite overwhelming bipartisan support for continuing the…

Clean power should not be about politics
Letters to the Editor

Clean power should not be about politics

November 15, 2015

Colorado is known for its outdoor recreation and its pristine air and water. In light of the recent Gold King Mine spill in the Animas River, Durango especially should be…

Colorado can lead the Clean Power Plan
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Colorado can lead the Clean Power Plan

November 15, 2015

I know that Colorado has the opportunity to be a front-runner in this movement and be a leader to other states, especially in the Southwest. I think that Colorado needs…

Paris attacks
Editorials

Paris attacks

November 15, 2015

Thoughtful, effective response required

Keystone would move worse than crude
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Keystone would move worse than crude

November 14, 2015

In fact, the pipeline will carry tar sands, diluted with a variety of chemicals harmful to humans and the environment. People who support the pipeline call this substance “dilbit,” or…

Apply our ‘can-do’ spirit to clean power
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Apply our ‘can-do’ spirit to clean power

November 14, 2015

Distributed generation means buy local, more jobs and more local economic-development opportunities. When it comes to energy generation, we should not fight progress and support doing nothing; we should embrace…

Colorado should gain from power plan
Letters to the Editor

Colorado should gain from power plan

November 14, 2015

I attended the recent public meeting at Fort Lewis College, where the CDPHE took comments from the public about what to include within a state plan. I was pleased to…

Session wrong to exclude landlords
Letters to the Editor

Session wrong to exclude landlords

November 14, 2015

If the attorney had taken the time to know me, she would have found out, as a rental manager for almost 20 years, the number of free months of rent…

Students should have Veterans Day off
Letters to the Editor

Students should have Veterans Day off

November 14, 2015

Veterans Day is a day for remembrance of fallen heroes and wounded heroes. There are people in the schools who might have had a relative in the military, and even…

Honoring heroes from DHS Class of ’66
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Honoring heroes from DHS Class of ’66

November 14, 2015

In no particular order: Mike Valdez: Quiet, never bragged, a hero in Vietnam, he is still strong enough to handle a Harley hog. Billy Higgins was a star athlete at…

Clean Power Plan will benefit Latinos
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Clean Power Plan will benefit Latinos

November 14, 2015

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment – an arm of Gov. Hickenlooper’s administration – will be creating our state plan to meet the Clean Power Plan and reduce…

Gold King Mine is Hennis’ legacy, too
Letters to the Editor

Gold King Mine is Hennis’ legacy, too

November 14, 2015

Second, the idea that my rights, as an individual, trump the rights of everyone else – that my individuality is somehow sacred – that died with the frontier, too. Todd…

A-LP settlement
Editorials

A-LP settlement

November 14, 2015

Water rights and esoteric storage issues are clarified in agreement

Red Mountain proposal bad for area
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Red Mountain proposal bad for area

November 12, 2015

This de-facto sub-division (resort?) will forever change the McMillan and U.S. Basin recreational resource. Furthermore, the surface disturbance in the construction of five dwellings (i.e. roads, drives, septic systems, and…

Power plan an opportunity for Colorado
Letters to the Editor

Power plan an opportunity for Colorado

November 12, 2015

Just a few months ago, the Clean Power Plan – our nation’s first-ever efforts to cut down pollution from power plants – was finalized. Now it’s up to Colorado to…

Listening session
Editorials

Listening session

November 11, 2015

State GOP lawmakers use congressional tactics to excoriate Planned Parenthood