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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

Letters: Buckley Park must not be sold by 9-R

I was shocked and dismayed to read in our Durango Herald that the 9-R school district is looking at selling its administrative building and property along with adjacent Buckley Park (“ I as...

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

Letters: Need for Denver TV has been changed

Action Line provided a good analysis for cutting the cable and getting broadcast TV (“ Arguments for Denver news by our community leaders seem to me to be superfluous since you can readily ...

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

Our view: The brainy Dems may save us yet

Don’t believe the hype – Pete Buttigieg has lots to offer a divided America

DATE: Feb 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Letters: Why can’t we just widen the sidewalks?

Why can’t the foot/bike bridge simply be a widening of the sidewalks on the existing bridge? Surely, walkers and cyclists would not be too burdened by stopping for a light to cros...

DATE: Feb 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Porter-Norton is fair and hardworking

I am writing this letter in support of Marsha Porter-Norton, a candidate for Plata County Commission in the upcoming November election. Marsha has been a tireless contributor to t...

DATE: Feb 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Our view: Some justice in killing of Irish journalist Lyra McKee

It was nearly a year ago that we told you about Lyra McKee, the 29-year-old Irish journalist shot and killed in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, presumably by members of the New IRA, bitter-en...

DATE: Feb 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Letters: Thank you, Road Runner Transit drivers

Road Runner Transit has stepped up to help the Bayfield riders of RRT. But the funding Bayfield gave only left RRT with a big problem for both Durango Transit and RRT. The RRT dri...

DATE: Feb 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: The 2020 election could already be over

Trump is the greatest danger this country has ever faced. Even if the Democrats win the 2020 presidential election, that is not a guarantee that he and his neo-Nazis will relinquish power. ...

DATE: Feb 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Farhad Manjoo: Is Amazon’s store just too good to be broken up?

Amazon is a genie of consumerist wishes, and it keeps growing more irresistible. The company’s online store has always been convenient and plentiful, but in the last year, Amazon ...

DATE: Feb 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Letters: Hooray for capitalism and saving Earth

Two of the largest asset managers may be lining up to support environment, social and governance principles. Blackrock CEO’s annual message: “Climate change has become a defining factor in c...

DATE: Feb 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor