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LPEA elections

In two races, the incumbents get our nods to move the board carefully ahead

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Flummoxed: The southern border is out of control

The real crisis at the border is here and we’re plum out of solutions

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On capital punishment, no argument

Again, we’ve been treated to a myopic, anti-anything-liberal, and this time, verging on racist, letter from Mike Sigman. Sigman (“Herald editorial wrong on death penalty,” March 1...

Electoral College thwarts democracy

Recent letters have supported the Electoral College. Consider a different perspective. As established by Article II of the Constitution, the college was a compromise between a pre...

Medicare for all could cure financial ills

It is often said that a society is judged by how well it takes care of its most vulnerable. A new study is out in the Journal of Public Health Research that compares access to health care by...

Turner is right choice for LPEA board

Jack Turner is running again for the LPEA Board of directors. We are lucky to have someone with his experience and leadership skills. He has opposed every rate increase as a direc...

Two good wins

Sidewalk signs head for approval and help’s on the way for rural schools

Durango grew since ’50s; YES on 1A

Why should Durango voters consider the 1A tax proposed for the city? The city population has increased exponentially since the 1950s. Our city has not had the funds to properly ma...

The time has come to raise sales tax

The narrative of the critics of the 1A tax initiative is fueled by the cliché of wasteful government spending. Yet city departments in 2019 carved out over $500,000 in additional budget cut...

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