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Letters: Put Electoral College out with the trash

Voting is a cornerstone of our democracy. Every vote should matter. Yet this is not the case with the Electoral College! Years ago there used to be about 12 states identified as b...

DATE: Feb 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Bad letters belong in Opinion section

What is the policy of The Durango Herald’s letters to the editor? I mean, really, is there one? Many “letters” are one-sided, factless rants that belong in the Opinion section, cl...

DATE: Feb 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Melissa Youssef: ‘Seamless connectivity’ explains bridge project

A Jan. 22 article in The Herald, featuring an artist’s rendering of a proposed pedestrian bridge across the Animas River and over 32nd Street, prompted a flood of emails to Durango City Coun...

DATE: Feb 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: From the Mayor

Letters: Critics of 32nd Street bridge are wrong

I appreciated the letter from Janet Wiley (“ Of course, the Rec Center is now the crown jewel of Durango amenities. Those opponents were wrong then and opponents of the 32nd Street trail br...

DATE: Feb 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Improve Rec Center instead of bridge

Thank you, new city councilors, for realizing the need to re-evaluate the proposed 32nd Street overpass. In the recent Herald poll, at one count, 88% of voters were against building this mon...

DATE: Feb 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Our view: 9-R board tells super, fix lunch-shaming policy

There was We have tried to make plain for some time now that we would like to see the 9-R school district end the practice of lunch shaming, whereby students whose parents are in slight ar...

DATE: Feb 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Cory Gardner: In its race to impeach, the U.S. House failed us

Washington seems to be constantly convulsing in partisan accusations, investigations, and endless acrimony. That division reached its high-water mark as the Senate carried out the third pres...

DATE: Feb 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Letters: Tipton money shows need for reform

Thank you to Herbert Bowman for your Feb. 9 letter to the editor, “ You helped to solve a mystery for me. I had previously researched Tipton’s campaign contributions and found the large don...

DATE: Feb 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Spend for park, not controversial bridge

It seems to me that the 9-R school district has made the issue of the 32nd Street bridge simple. Do we use the money for a controversial bridge, which many oppose, or do we buy Bu...

DATE: Feb 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Editorial cartoons

DATE: Feb 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorial Cartoons

Letters: On the 32nd Street bridge, let’s compromise

Is a footbridge at 32nd Street needed? Yes, I believe it is. I commute 3.5 miles to work via bicycle every day and cross 32nd Street at East Second Avenue during rush hour. It is ...

DATE: Feb 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: This is why I give time to Mercy

“This is truly a noble and much-needed institution and merits the generous support of our people ... the sisters are experienced and trained nurses and their new hospital will be a boon to S...

DATE: Feb 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor