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Gary Wockner: I voted CC down because I’m worried about growth’s costs

As a green Democrat, I was leaning toward a No vote on Proposition CC anyway, but it was Gov. Jared Polis’ op-ed in the Oct. 29 Denver Post (“ Polis made it abundantly clear that Prop. CC w...

DATE: Nov 30, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Letters: This is the right use of sales tax proceeds

Thank you, Mayor Melissa Youssef and Councilors Dean Brookie and Chris Bettin, Parks and Recreation and Multimodal advisory board members and all the Durango citizens who stood up and spoke ...

DATE: Nov 30, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Push back on plastic bag myth

With the new hatred of technology and convenience at a fever pitch, our local plastic bag ban crowd is back! We defeated this unnecessary drive years ago, and every clear-thinking...

DATE: Nov 29, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Confiscating guns only helps Democrats

The AR-15 was produced originally by Colt starting in 1963. It has been a popular choice for hunting, particularly in remote areas because of its versatility, it has never been a weapon of w...

DATE: Nov 29, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Thomas Friedman: Mike Bloomberg brings something needed to Dems’ race

I have a pet theory about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict – that it is to wider trends in world affairs what off-Broadway is to Broadway. A lot of stuff seems to get perfected there, from a...

DATE: Nov 29, 2019 | CATEGORY: Thomas Friedman

Our view: 500 years later, does the Conquest of Mexico matter?

Does the Conquest of Mexico still matter?

DATE: Nov 29, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Letters: Tipton and Gardner are saving us from the CORE Act

CORE is yet another act intended to put another 400,000 acres in wilderness designation. It has been turned down in the past due to those who believe in multiple use of public lands. ...

DATE: Nov 29, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

How to do universal health care in steps

Democratic candidates don’t have to die on the Medicare for all hill. There is no way on God’s green earth a Medicare for All bill will get through our divided congress. Obamacare barely pas...

DATE: Nov 29, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

David Brooks: Populism is failing. What’s next?

Crowds are chanting “Death to Khamenei” in Iran while the regime kills them en masse and shuts down the internet. Throngs are marching to preserve democratic rights in Hong Kong; Warsaw, Pol...

DATE: Nov 29, 2019 | CATEGORY: David Brooks

Letters: Bag-banners are brainwashing children

The bag-banners, by their labeling of plastic bags as “single-use ,” are trying to create bias and prejudice against one of the most reused products ever invented. They brainwash ...

DATE: Nov 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Our view: Can a forgery reveal the truth?

A story of a forgery improves with age – with clues about how we see ourselves

DATE: Nov 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Speed the day when parties are whole

I believe in a bicameral political system that generally reflects opinions of the population in general. That includes a Supreme Court that is balanced, not weighted heavily to one side of c...

DATE: Nov 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor