Newsletter Opinion - The Durango Herald

Parking enforcement has no integrity

I came out of the Rec Center to find a parking ticket on my car. To make maters worse, it was not a parking ticket! Upon inspection, the parking ticket I received was for an “expi...

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

City needs to change spending choices

The city needs to reconsider the Animas River Trail extension to Oxbow Park this year as budget shortfalls are cropping up everywhere. The put-in at Memorial Park II was just remo...

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

Paper should call letter writer a liar

In response to the letter “ A simple fact-check of Mike Sigman’s letter would illustrate my point. By simply reading the AP and Washington Post articles, it becomes clear that the diplomat ...

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

Ranchers need to get with the land-use program

In the Jan. 12 issue of The Durango Herald, there were two interesting articles that pertain to the future of La Plata County. One was about the demise of the Republican Party (“H...

DATE: Jan 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Shutdown could imperil area wildfire fighting

EDITOR’s NOTE: Mark Stiles submitted this article before word came Friday that government would be reopened. We think its points about the effects are still valid.We’ve all become accust...

DATE: Jan 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Use more renewable electricity

While our government in Washington is struggling to deny climate change, we can take action locally. Our electric co-op, La Plata Electric Association, offers easy ways to do this...

DATE: Jan 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: Population Matters

The Cuba embargo has failed – can we move on?

HAVANA – It has been 60 years since Fidel Castro marched into Havana, so it’s time for both Cuba and the United States to grow up. Let’s let Cuba be a normal country again. ...

DATE: Jan 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: Nicholas Kristof

Mr. Bennet in D.C.: He outdid himself and addressed a thirsty nation

Senior senator from Colorado gave a gratifying speech on the shutdown

DATE: Jan 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Sell us: City leaders must show voters how tax hike will work

The city is sending a tax hike to the April ballot – now comes the hard part

DATE: Jan 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorials

My letter to editor was misinterpreted

My recent letter, submitted to the Herald with the subject line “Don’t Discredit the Women’s Movement,” condemned the “atrocious statements,” “appalling anti-Semitic comments” and “unaccepta...

DATE: Jan 24, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Editorial cartoons

DATE: Jan 24, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorial Cartoons

I don’t want this can. Where’s the lake?

I have lived here by Park School (East 6th Avenue) for 45 years and have never had a bear rummage through my trash. I keep it secured until the morning it goes out. No one asked i...

DATE: Jan 24, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor