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Letters: Who’s really behind Tipton?

While I’ve never found rhetoric blaming corporate greed for society’s ills to be completely convincing, learning some basic facts about campaign finance has forced me to conclude that corpor...

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

Letters: Socialists will shape nation with force

A socialist is one who believes the role of government is to shape the nation according to desired cultural or economic values. A hallmark of socialist leaders is they proclaim th...

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

Letters: Where the bridge money should be spent

The 32nd Street Bridge is unnecessary. Let’s use this money where it is really needed! I have lived in the vicinity of the 32nd Street corridor for over 15 years. I have traveled ...

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

Letters: Congress should be voting anonymously

Please, all U.S. members of the House and Senate, vote anonymously in future cases of impeachment. If impeachment verdicts were submitted by simply marking a Yes or No, without i...

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

Letters: A chance to shape wildlife management

With the Colorado wolf reintroduction initiative gaining momentum, it’s no surprise that scare tactics, such as those in a recent letter to the editor (“ Any of those false claims made in a...

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

Kara Chadwick: Land exchange would acquire critical elk and deer habitat

In November, the San Juan National Forest looked to the public for feedback regarding a proposed land exchange on the Pagosa Ranger District. Land exchanges are a way to acquire l...

DATE: Feb 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Letters: Durango’s filled with socialists and losers

Be a socialist democracy like the Scandinavian countries, says Bernie Sanders. Except the prime minister of Denmark, Mette Frederiksen, called him out on that, saying Denmark does...

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

Council should lead by banning plastic

In addition to the well-known reasons for plastic bag bans, including less waste in landfills, decreased ocean pollution and resulting wildlife deaths, and less storm-drain clogging, there a...

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

Letters: Please move forward with this bridge!

Change is challenging for most of us. We notice even minor changes in our environment and react to them. The proposed new pedestrian bridge at 32nd Street is likely to result in t...

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

Letters: Hereâ€™s how to dunk pro-bridge position

I am not a city resident, but many of us county residents utilize the city streets, trails, businesses and facilities in Durango, and so I would like to address the proposed Animas River Tra...

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