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Letters: Vote for Marsha will make a difference

I find that I am often overwhelmed, as many people are, with large-scale and complex issues like social justice, homelessness and climate change. However, one way I know I can make a differe...

DATE: Oct 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: McLachlan best choice for state House

We are lucky to have state Rep. Barbara McLachlan, running for re-election, who has proven herself a trusted and true public servant for her constituents. She is still fondly reme...

DATE: Oct 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: President should respect our military

In 1968, when over half a million Americans were serving their country in Vietnam, Donald Trump dodged the draft by getting a medical deferment for a bone spur in his heel. In 201...

DATE: Oct 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Don’t let Trump, Gardner get away with it

As a pediatric physical therapist in Durango for over 30 years, I have witnessed the exclusion of health care coverage by insurance companies to children who were born with pre-existing medi...

DATE: Oct 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Porter-Norton can get county moving

Having lived in La Plata County for 18 years and having served on both the Southwest Water Roundtable and the Colorado Water Quality Control Commission, I have had ample opportunity to see M...

DATE: Oct 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Our farmers, ranchers, deserve better

An article was recently published in Terry Fankhauser Arvada (The writer is executive vice president of the Colorado Cattlemen’s Association) ...

DATE: Oct 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Republicans want to keep you dumb

The current administration made itself clear: Competence has been fired. Despite the endorsement of every medical professional association regarding the efficacy of wearing masks, Trump and ...

DATE: Oct 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Late-term abortion ban compassionate

Colorado is one of just a few states where abortion is legal up until the moment of birth, and nearly 300 of these late abortions happen here every year. Proposition 115 isn’t a ban on all a...

DATE: Oct 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Boebertâ€™s just good at getting publicity

I have worked with every 3rd Congressional District representative over the past 30 years. The best representatives work with others to write and pass legislation that will aide their consti...

DATE: Oct 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Who do these councilors think they are?

The Ignacio Town Council has gone over the moon. Councilors targeted Farmers Fresh for not complying with a mandate. They met behind closed doors with their attorney to plot against constitu...

DATE: Oct 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Why would you mail back your ballot?

Since Colorado employed mail-in voting several years ago, I have never trusted the U.S. Postal Service with my completed ballot. I always deposit it myself at the county clerkâ€™s office. I ...

DATE: Oct 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Cover your nose with your face mask!

I have some information for those half-maskers who refuse to cover their noses with their masks, choosing instead to wear them as chin straps. If that’s the way you’re going to wear a mask, ...

DATE: Oct 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor