Opinion & Letters to the Editor
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Concerns give new board member directive
I overwhelmingly heard them joining with me in desiring our community to be leaders in energy development that supports local businesses and keeps dollars local. And, for those who also…
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Gun lawsuit
Sheriffs’ role is to enforce the law, not to decide for themselves what it should be
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Columns’ similarities wholly unintentional
As was the case with my own column published in The Durango Herald on April 20, “College admissions process proves to be lesson in life.” Almost a month earlier before…
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Time to drown Postal Service in a bathtub
I had to assume they were lost for good. So I paid a locksmith to break into my car. What was my crime? Trusting the USPS to deliver mail in…
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Support students with loan interest rate bill
This problem is set to get much worse this summer when federal subsidized student loan rates are set to double, from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent and will further affect…
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Today’s scandal standard is perplexing
Boomers can take some credit for helping to advance civil rights. So where is the outrage and media uproar regarding Sen. John McCain’s off-the-cuff remarks last week? McCain said, “I…
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Details on death did not belong in paper
The Herald should be ashamed that it allowed disrespectful details that where not needed to be included in the report on Taylor Folmar’s autopsy results. Perhaps this is why our…
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Write letters to support veteran care
We are writing to ask our community to write letters to Congress and our governor supporting our vets. These men and women have given us their time to help us,…
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District 9-R wrong to end key programs
The new plan to relocate funding for this amazing program, under the administration of Superintendent Daniel Snowberger, is one of the worst things Durango District 9-R could do to its…
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Council deserves praise for bag efforts
Why do these super-sized corporations still promote plastic bags? One local store never gives out plastic bags, but there are free cardboard boxes at the checkout for those of us…
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City should focus on issues other than bags
Plastic bags are already recycled in bins provided by grocery stores. I have long disagreed with one grocer that only provides boxes if you forget a bag. Cardboard and newspaper…
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Act now or kiss East, West coasts goodbye
As many are aware, we have created a greenhouse effect on our precious Earth simply because we choose to contribute to the ongoing tradition of buying and driving gas and…
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City fine for speeding ticket is exorbitant
So I had my day in court. I shared my opinion with the judge. He seemed to understand how I felt but told me the City Council sets the price…
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Stop harming the Earth for convenience
We were in Oahu several weeks ago, quite a distance off the coast doing the archetypical “dolphin swim” (lots of fun). My little boy pointed out a sea turtle and…
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Common sense and gun rights can coexist
In the 2008 Heller decision, the court ruled for the first time that the Second Amendment applied to an individual’s right to bear arms. However, even this conservative court stated…
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Cosmo crew showed admirable solidarity
The fat cats have been getting away with firings, stealing pensions, laying off in mass, unsafe working conditions, low wages, uncertainty in work all for the sake of bottom-line growth.…
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Many groups are out to destroy America
One by one: The Muslim Brotherhood (changed name to Freedom and Justice Party). No. 2 is al Qaida. President Barack Obama said, after the slaying of Osama bin Laden, “We…
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Baseball field dedication was wonderful
Joe Montonati came from Montrose and said, “I sure wish I’d have gotten one of those for Nick,” his disabled son who couldn’t make the trip. Jared Hensley turned and…
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Stand together to protect eroding freedoms
Why, then, is so much of humanity not truly free? We have domestic terrorists in our midst who seek to destroy our way of life, out-of-control government and law enforcement,…
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Legislative session
Colorado’s General Assembly stands in marked contrast to paralyzed Congress
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63 and older have fewer medical options
This is all coming about, apparently, from the new legislation attached to Medicare. At least, this is what I have been led to understand. From my end, I only know…