Opinion & Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor
Remove green paint before tragedy strikes
The city is really asking for a big lawsuit by putting cyclists out there in this suicide zone and is not helping cyclists or motorists with this recent addition to…
Letters to the Editor
Global warming is about taxing industries
By the left attacking our energy sector, costs for power go up, and thus manufacturers ship jobs to China, where power is developed with no regard to cleanliness – with…
Editorials
Primary election
Republicans should pick Tipton, Neal and Beauprez; for others there are no races
Opinion
PTSA selling school supply kits
The Bayfield Parent Teacher Student Association has been working with the BEPS teachers to provide you with supply kits for the upcoming school year. All the supplies for the school…
Opinion
Memorial Day service was lovely in Allison
Jimmy Sutton and Lynn Swanemyr raised the flag as the Durango Acapella Quartet sang the national anthem. Pastor Al TeBrink led the opening and closing prayers along with a message.…
Opinion
League of Women Voters releases views on federal agriculture policies
Earlier this year the League of Women Voters of La Plata County, along with 242 other state and local LWVs, participated in an update of our national LWV position on…
Letters to the Editor
Sheriff should be able to handle scheduling
A basic skill for any manager is know how to properly schedule employees and allow for emergencies. Schirard has access to the historical trends for 20 years and knows high-incident…
Letters to the Editor
Keep farmers market vendors varied
The board seems to be comprised only of agricultural vendors and one token nonag individual with no voting power. As long as the board sees fit, the booth of any…
Letters to the Editor
Past time to demand rational gun control
As reported in The New York Times, the grief-stricken father of Christopher Martinez, one of the students killed in the shootings, denounced gun advocates and policies that led to the…
Letters to the Editor
Give veterans a choice for health care
Even though I am a vet, I have never used the VA system – first, because I am not a combat veteran, and second, I have always had decent jobs…
Letters to the Editor
Sewer customers paid for lavish party
At the April 15 City Council meeting, City Manager Ron LeBlanc said they needed the 127 residents’ money to pay for new sewer infrastructure. About the party, he said, “And…
Letters to the Editor
Help stop modern slave trade
There are 27 million slaves in the world today, and their only hope is a few organizations, which are scattered across the globe. They are trying as hard as they…
Letters to the Editor
All should know the rules for service dogs
First, the motel was wrong for flatly denying them a room. They simply can’t do that. As the article says, the Americans with Disabilities Act states any hotel has to…
Letters to the Editor
Sheriff Duke Schirard right to drop ICE holds
Together with CIRC, Compañeros is presenting a policy of RESPECT, or reinforcing effective, safe policing and enhancing community trust. Schirard’s adoption of this policy, or even parts of it, will…
Letters to the Editor
Some climate change facts are indisputable
With all this conflicting “scientific” information, just how does one come to a proper conclusion about climate change, especially if you are not a scientist like Al Gore, Rush Limbaugh…
Letters to the Editor
Animas High School’s graduation: Loved it!
I was in tears most of the ceremony. The talks, not speeches, by both students and faculty were brave, honest and sincere. The student speakers acknowledged their fear of the…
Letters to the Editor
Learn difference between justice, revenge
Arapahoe County District Attorney George Brauchler said, “We probably inherited a culture that viewed this as less serious than many of the violent crimes and sex offenses that we prosecuted.”…
Letters to the Editor
Bureau building consensus around lake
Currently, we are working with all Animas-La Plata Project partners and stakeholders to reach consensus regarding development and management of recreation at Lake Nighthorse. We believe that we are nearing…
Letters to the Editor
Keep Udall as Colorado’s senator
Udall encourages homeowners living in the wildland-urban interface to follow mitigation guidelines because drought, unhealthy forests and climate change enhance the possibility of wildland fires to turn into catastrophic mega-fires.…
Letters to the Editor
Durango is a renowned western town
Events such as the Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering, Fiesta Days, the La Plata County Fair, Durango Heritage Celebration, the Animas Museum, Durango Farmers Market, La Plata County 4-H program and…
Letters to the Editor
Council is enacting people’s will
Tucker’s conservative slant is immediately apparent by his judgement of the “progressive views of the Herald’s editors and Durango voters in general” as being somehow wrong. OK, so he’s a…