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Letters: City government is failing East Second Avenue

My wife and I have been losing sleep over the monstrous four-story development proposed at 564 East Second Ave., which impacts Amaya Natural Therapeutics and other neighbors (“ Amaya provid...

DATE: Feb 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Citizens ask council to scrap this bridge

The proposed Animas River Trail crossing bridge is based on a 2011 state regulatory ruling that an at-grade crossing is unsafe and a city staff decision to go over rather than under the 32nd...

DATE: Feb 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Tell senators to preserve checks, balances

What’s next, a monarchy? All hail the dictator for life?! For over two centuries, the system of checks and balances enshrined in the Constitution has protected us from falling thr...

DATE: Feb 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Take back corporate-run health care!

Robert Goodrich’s letter, “ Canada has long wait times to see a doctor: The U.S. has longer wait times than nine other developed countries. The problem is a shortage of physicians, not the ...

DATE: Feb 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Like a bridge over smoky water

When you’re weary, feeling broke When typos are in your eyes, I’ll defy them all. I’m on your side of the railroad tracks And when crossovers can’...

DATE: Feb 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Build that bridge and we’ll all be sorry!

After reading articles and seeing pictures of the bridge at 32nd Street, I have yet to ascertain one compelling reason to waste taxpayers’ money on something so unnecessary and unattractive....

DATE: Feb 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: The Snowdown Sneer was simply superb

This year’s Snowdown Sneer had our family rolling on the floor laughing out loud so hard (ROTFLOLSH). From the headlines to the page numbers, every detail was laugh-worthy. ...

DATE: Feb 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Medicare for All is good for what ails us

Many politicians and pundits oppose Medicare for All because they say Americans are happy with their employer-provided private insurance. Recent surveys have shown that a large po...

DATE: Feb 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Joe Matthews was a great, private man

A recent Herald contained Joe Matthews’ obituary. The article summarized his remarkable life and philanthropies. However, there was no mention of his most significant local philan...

DATE: Feb 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Our view: Face to face with the Lamb of God

For fine art – say, a 15th-century oil painting – to make the news, it usually has to be stolen, recovered or sell high at auction, which is why the attention of some art lovers was pricked ...

DATE: Feb 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Letters: We should be afraid of wolves

As Gov. Jared Polis welcomes wolves into Colorado, it doesn’t matter that they likely (but unconfirmed) killed a rancher’s cow. That cow is a big deal to the livelihood of that fa...

DATE: Feb 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Impeachment trial shows we live in discouraging times

It would take every Democratic senator and 20 Republican senators to satisfy the constitutional requirement of a two-thirds vote to convict President Trump and remove him from office. ...

DATE: Feb 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor