Opinion & Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor
Join movement to curb judges’ power
The Two-thirds Majority Amendment and The Honest Judge Amendment are the two issues we need to voice our opinions on. If you are comfortable with standing before a judge who…
Letters to the Editor
Sunday Opinion section was excellent
As a former educator, I quite enjoyed Elsie Tidwell’s views, particularly with her being such a young age. Janine Fitzgerald and Mark Seis’ op-ed was right on, and the accompanying…
Letters to the Editor
Herald is covering for Obama’s follies
You and most media are not reporting the news and are responsible for keeping people in the dark and thus damaging the country. I am a Democrat turned Independent, so…
Letters to the Editor
Durango could emulate Golden’s pot stance
“Council members commented that losing Golden’s family-friendly identity to pot shops just wasn’t worth the city’s reputation. They also stated the law’s ambiguity and constant modifications made them hesitant to…
Opinion
Medical clinic providing primary care only
At this time, the clinic does not offer walk-in primary care, urgent care, or emergency care. Those in need of urgent and emergency care should go to Mercy Regional Medical…
Opinion
Please don’t be stupid on the 4th
Times editor Let’s continue last week’s subject of abject stupidity. My example last week was a bicycle tour that came through Durango and Bayfield and decided that riding on U.S.…
Letters to the Editor
Farmers Market offers taste of ‘local flavor’
Every week, we end up heading home with a basketful of the most tasty veggies, meats, cheese and bread that money can buy. My daughter enjoys the clothes we get…
Letters to the Editor
Nighthorse recreation plan to be worth wait
Many complex cultural, political and governmental relationships are involved, and we shouldn’t be surprised that plans to open Lake Nighthorse are taking several years. The Animas-La Plata Project addresses long-standing…
Editorials
U.S. soccer team advances
Group play – wherein eight cohorts of four countries vied for two spots per group to advance – concluded Thursday, with 16 teams heading for the knockout round. The U.S.…
Letters to the Editor
End biased treatment of forest user groups
The upper section of the trail has been degraded in another way. One of my favorite parts of this trail is three miles in, just as you crest the knoll…
Letters to the Editor
Learning center offers full array of programs
However, La Plata County has more than one agency in these efforts. For more than 30 years, The Pine River Community Learning Center has worked with local learners through locations…
Letters to the Editor
Cyprus report based on unproven charges
Interesting that the Herald noted the confusion about the minimum-wage-tip-kitchen-staff laws but spun that negatively in regard to Cyprus. Many tips are paid in cash, anyway, so splitting them with…
Letters to the Editor
Sheriff’s true colors should get him ousted
Well, after showing his true colors, I will say Duke can “expect more” time at home to watch Fox News! Mary Medill Durango
Letters to the Editor
Even now, Schirard still serves and protects
And, over all those years, through police experience from my various assignments, training, duty stations and contacts, agencies large and small, I seriously doubt that the residents of La Plata…
Letters to the Editor
Global warming is political, not scientific
Interesting that you do not print any of those letters pouring in from climate-change deniers that might show your opinion for what it is (political, not scientific). Truth can hurt.…
Letters to the Editor
Obama’s Taliban trade stupid, un-American
By secretly arranging for the exchange of the U.S. Army defector, Bowe Bergdahl, he has once again not only gone beyond his presidential authority, but has also set up a…
Letters to the Editor
Musician’s arrest was overboard action
Two young men were playing their guitars on the street – not the greatest musicians, but they could halfway carry a tune. It’s the same scene I’ve seen in many…