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Letters: Should caricature be a face of Durango?

There are many serious problems facing the Navajo Nation, but Durango needs to decide whether the “Chief” is how it wants to portray Native people. I reside in La Plata County. I ...

DATE: Jul 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Mark my words: You’ll miss Scott Tipton

Well, now you’ve done it. Western Slope residents have lost a congressional representative who worked tirelessly for them. Scott Tipton and I were elected in 2010, so let me expla...

DATE: Jul 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Shooting shows de-funding’s a bad idea

What if the social justice people and the Black Lives Matter supporters had prevailed and forced the city to defund the police department? Instead of armed and trained officers sh...

DATE: Jul 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: ‘Chief’ a commonplace racist caricature

Racism is structural, institutional and systemic; so deeply embedded into American values and laws that opposing it feels unnatural and immoral. Racism is a cornerstone in the creation of th...

DATE: Jul 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Tri-State is making big green strides

I thought this was great news from Tri-State for LPEA members who are concerned with Tri-State’s goal to meet their renewable energy goal – it was recently published in the Colorado Rural El...

DATE: Jul 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Tourists are bringing more virus to town

I was in a locally owned restaurant downtown. All the employees were wearing masks. However, they were seating groups not wearing masks. We all know that many of our visitors are ...

DATE: Jul 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: We’ve tried being pleasant about masks

We all are trying to deal with this but when locals or visitors choose to ignore the mask ordinance, what are we supposed to do? (“ We try being pleasant, but what then? Without enforcement...

DATE: Jul 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: There is mainstream virus nonsense

We’re now about five months into the pandemic. We have found out a lot . It is not a killer similar to the Spanish flu or the Black Death. Only about 5% of the people who get it succumb, and...

DATE: Jul 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Can’t we have happy Natives on signs?

I have a few questions about the controversy surrounding the “Chief” sign. What’s your prejudice or bigotry that you can’t see a happy Native American? What is racist a...

DATE: Jul 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Check out this fire-mitigation resource

During these stressful times, we have added wildfires to our daily watch. In Southwest Colorado, we have a wonderful resource, www.WildfireAdapted.org. Charlie Landsman, its La Pl...

DATE: Jul 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor