Newsletter Opinion - The Durango Herald

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...

DATE: Apr 2, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

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...

DATE: Apr 2, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

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...

DATE: Apr 2, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Two good wins

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

DATE: Apr 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Durango grew since â€™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...

DATE: Apr 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

The time has come to raise sales tax

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

DATE: Apr 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Editorial cartoons

DATE: Mar 31, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorial Cartoons

Council candidates need experience

Above all, in City Council, we need people with proven records of service and experience to represent us. Barbara Noseworthy and Kim Baxter have proven their abilities through pub...

DATE: Mar 31, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Let me count the ways this tax works

I support the 1A sales tax increase for lots of reasons. Because I want to drive around Durango without having to watch out for potholes. Because parks and recreation i...

DATE: Mar 31, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

I’ll be praying for bold, new green policy

Anjali Appadurai, a 21-year-old Canadian representing world youth at the UN climate summit in Durban, said, “You have been negotiating all my life. In that time you’ve failed to meet pledges...

DATE: Mar 31, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Two candidates for council can do this

It was interesting to watch the candidates running for Durango City Council on their televised Q and A; from a man who is 31 years old to a woman with 30 years of experience running complex ...

DATE: Mar 31, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

We’ve all just made fools of ourselves – again

“You have a president who, in my opinion, beyond a shadow of a doubt, sought to, however ham-handedly, collude with the Russian government, a foreign power, to undermine and influence our el...

DATE: Mar 31, 2019 | CATEGORY: David Brooks