Opinion & Letters to the Editor
Editorials
Proposition BB
Legal complexities require a ballot issue to ask the voters a very simple question
Editorials
Iran agreement
With votes in place to secure the deal, Colorado’s delegation should support it
Letters to the Editor
Superfund and compensation needed
First, EPA should not be permitted to leave the river as is. Sediments will continue to be laden with heavy metals, to be stirred up anew whenever there is intense…
Editorials
Defending dirty air
Fighting the president’s Clean Power Plan does not reflect Colorado values
Letters to the Editor
Abortions outnumber genocide deaths
At eight weeks, all their parts are formed. At 20 weeks it is known that pain is felt. The videos that were released by the Center for Medical Progress documenting…
Letters to the Editor
Water plan should address threats
A definitive statewide urban conservation goal of saving 400,000 acre-feet of water by 2050 is presented. I agree with this goal: I would like to see more details on how…
Letters to the Editor
Regulation counters unbridled capitalism
Local reaction, particularly among reflexively ideological Republican politicians, has been predictably self-serving and misguided. Sen. Ellen Roberts called the spill the “EPA’s Love Canal.” Love Canal was, of course, one…
Letters to the Editor
Offer concealed carry to reduce crime
One way to gain concealed-carry publicity at minimal cost and no increased exposure to the participant is to make available a pin, sticker or license plate holder for display. This…
Letters to the Editor
Mend fences, break bread, make deals
So many other areas in our world need to work with us to achieve this renaissance going on in Cuba now, not decades later. During the Bay of Pigs in…
Letters to the Editor
Humane Society is a model for others
The orientation was wonderful. Everything is geared toward the care and well-being of the animals. I also volunteer at a shelter in Maryland. I’m going to take back some of…
Letters to the Editor
Treat homeless like the humans they are
I’m not ashamed to say that I will stop and give them a few dollars if I have a little extra, and I’ll actually speak to them as the human…
Letters to the Editor
Golden river of sludge
Cry But I still feel tears inside Not yet run away as The golden glow of waste reached Unsuspecting life Recoiling beauty exhausted by Demon’s fingers Gripping round innocence withering…
Letters to the Editor
Spill requires a cleanup, not a stunt
His “show” also put out a message to the public that the water is safe to drink and recreate in. This remains to be seen and will require years of…
Letters to the Editor
We were lucky the EPA caused the spill
The Gold King Mine was a disaster in the waiting. Imagine if the spill had occurred at night with no one around. We could have awakened one morning with a…
Letters to the Editor
Colorado should pay half the cost of spill
Seems to me that Colorado mining concerns and the people of Colorado should be on the hook for at least half of the cost of the spill. Without the Gold…
Letters to the Editor
Santa Rita not the place for sewer plant
However, there is another issue that we can do something about to provide a much better future. When Hickenlooper took water out of the Animas for a drink, I guarantee…
Letters to the Editor
The EPA deserves support, not blame
Before blaming the EPA, why don’t you ask how many successful cleanups have been completed over the past 25 years? And why was the EPA at the Gold King Mine…
Letters to the Editor
Spill showed the need for Colorado TV
I appreciate efforts by The Durango Herald, radio stations and the Environmental Protection Agency to inform the public. Nevertheless, my daily Internet searches have disclosed many helpful photographs, videos, event…
Letters to the Editor
Energy choices affect public health
As a physician, protecting patients from the effects of heavy metals is an important part of my job, be that testing children for unsafe blood lead levels or counseling expecting…
Letters to the Editor
Mine coverage a ‘disaster’ for tourism
I found one definition for the word “disaster” that follows: a sudden event, such as an accident or a natural catastrophe that causes great damage or loss of life. Perhaps…
Letters to the Editor
EPA will benefit and grow from spill
Some have opined that the EPA let some contractor do this work without sufficient surveys, warnings or adequate knowledge of the mine and its millions of gallons of contaminated water.…