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David Brooks: Why Bernie Sanders will probably win the nomination

Successful presidential candidates are myth-makers. They don’t just tell a story. They tell a story that helps people make meaning out of the current moment; that divides people into heroes ...

DATE: Feb 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: David Brooks

Letters: That bridge will ruin the neighborhood

The city of Durango is poised to make a mistake of epic proportions. The 32nd Street bridge may be good for the Animus River Trail, but it’s bad for Durango. It will no...

DATE: Feb 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Please don’t sacrifice safety at 32nd Street

I live on Bennett Street. When I walk in my neighborhood, I often need to cross 32nd Street. This is a busy street and drivers are intent on getting into what is now, when westbound, four la...

DATE: Feb 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Give us year-round ice, not that bridge

While I know many are in favor of the 32nd Street bridge, I agree with Tim Wolf (“ Our recreation facilities are in sore need of an update, particularly Chapman Hill ice arena. The facility...

DATE: Feb 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Trump is a vindictive, angry teenager

When I first read Thomas B. Burnison’s letter, I thought the Herald must have made a mistake in the printing, substituting Democrats for Republicans (“ It’s funny and sad that while on oppo...

DATE: Feb 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Please talk with Marsha Porter-Norton

I support Marsha Porter-Nortonâ€™s candidacy for the Board of County Commissioners. Although commissioners represent individual districts, in this case the city of Durango, they s...

DATE: Feb 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Our view: Another celebration for the Berners

The ‘Communist Manifesto’ has a birthday and never goes out of fashion

DATE: Feb 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Letters: Better a park than a problematic bridge

Instead of spending so much money on the pedestrian bridge across the Animas River with all its problems, why not use the money to buy Buckley Park? This would preserve the park a...

DATE: Feb 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: What kind of crazy choice is that, LPEA?

I just finished reading the write-up in the Country Living magazine about the rate changes for peak hours coming in April. While I understand the need of the co-op to increase rat...

DATE: Feb 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Just who are the thugs in this picture?

I find it ironic that Denise Murray in her letter (“ From Michael Flynn to Paul Manafort to George Papadopoulos to Roger Stone and soon to be Rudy Giuliani, all have been tried before jurie...

DATE: Feb 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Bloomberg has no clue about farming

I’ve grown gardens. But I just found out I could have been a farmer all this time! Democrat presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg said all you have to do is put a seed in dirt and give it...

DATE: Feb 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Marsha Porter-Norton for commission

My friend and colleague Marsha Porter-Norton is running for La Plata County commissioner and the election is this November. I met Marsha in 2000 when she was the executive directo...

DATE: Feb 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor