The big problem here is the big stores don’t have the option to “buy out” of the ordinance. What a pity. By the way, the smaller stores will be placed…
The arguments presented against disposable bags are a lie. Council’s action is a decision to compel virtue. Coercive correctness is exclusionary and no way to run a society. Council has…
The reality that I’ve had to live with, along with thousands of other students across the city and across our state, is one that includes a huge lack of adequate…
Our fire district taxes will stay here to protect us. Our fire districts provide not only fire protection, but are responsible for emergency services throughout our county. Our mountains and…
Simply put, reducing our plastic bag use is just the right thing to do. Dire warnings of health hazards, financial hardship, loss of tourism dollars, lawsuits, etc., have not materialized…
Cities and towns across the developed world have seen the error of using cheap, permanent plastic bags that have a tendency to wander from their original homes and have passed…
Plastic bags clearly have environmental problems. Big ones. While technically some are recyclable, Durango lacks the machinery to sort them out of a single stream, and I don’t know if…
It’s a fee and only if you decide to use a single-use bag. No choice has been eliminated, and you don’t have to be inconvenienced at only three locations that…
Durango has plastic bags on the Animas River Trail. The cost to clean up the trail is paid by every resident. Plastic bags are jamming the sewer system according to…
There was a time, built by our forefathers, that proclaimed all production as good. All growth and development was something positive. Anything bigger was better, and waste was never a…
This November, there will be two ballot measures providing for these solutions. Residents living outside of the Durango city limits, will be asked to vote in favor of a tax…
I very much agree with the idea that there needs to be new infrastructure and innovation, and new leadership, in Durango, but the statement that “Brainstorm was involved in the…
The smartest countries in the world spend less per pupil than the United States.” Margaret Ackerman Ignacio
Moran, Burns, Max, Stubbs and Souder will lead Durango School District 9-R well
With the sweat equity this single mom and her two kids put in, along with the help and support of Habitat’s great team, Habitat for Humanity once again leads the…
I saw a lady at the store using 10 plastic bags for her groceries. That is just one person doing this every week, equaling 520 bags per year just for…
Jason Austin, 9-R schools, will describe Amendment 66, Funding for Public Schools and Ballot Question 3A on reducing the size of the 9-R board of directors. I will summarize Proposition…
I would simply like to know what Republicans think would be appropriate behavior when, inevitably, the tables are turned and a group of left-wing congressmen hijack a Republican president’s legislation.…
This year, the state of Hawaii – yes, the entire state – has banned plastic bags in all retail stores. The County of Hawaii website cites the obvious reasons for…
Maybe the Herald can ask its favorite economist, Paul Krugman, exactly how this debt will get paid back. In addition, we can now see what the federal government can do…
This man should strive to understand the U.S. Constitution, as should many of his constituents and fellow congressmen before asking for concessions such as this from the president. In eighth…
Help end a confusing situation; say ‘yes’ to the city of Durango’s Ballot Question 2A
Let’s consider alternative approaches to democracy, such as a parliamentary system in which we’d choose a single majority party to exercise legislative and administrative powers. This approach might avoid standoffs…
Ballot measure is becoming an interesting Rorschach test for the voters of Durango
