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DATE: Mar 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Editorial Cartoons

Letter: Lodgers tax increase will help prevent ‘over-tourism’

Those opposing the lodgers tax give the same reason why you should vote “No” on Ballot Question 1-A: “We don’t need more tourists!” What most people don’t realize is that Sustain...

DATE: Mar 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letter: Stakeholders agreed to lodgers tax allocation

I am noticing many people voicing concern with the disproportionate amount of money in the proposed lodgers tax increase going toward tourism (versus transit and the arts). I am writing to u...

DATE: Mar 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letter: ‘Freedom’ from viruses is a privilege, not a right

In a recent This is true. Being free from things that cause disease and death is a privilege, not a right, a privilege given to those with critical thinking skills greater than those of a ...

DATE: Mar 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Catch up with ‘Opinion’ pages on our web page, Facebook

You can read everything that appears on these printed ‘Opinion’ pages – and more – in our online edition at durangoherald.com/opinion. You can also find ‘Opinion’ content on our Facebook pag...

DATE: Mar 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letter: Yes, we can regulate mask-wearing

This is a response to I have sympathy for people who resent the mask mandate. I really bristle being told what to do or what I should believe. But this idea that our rights are being unfai...

DATE: Mar 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Mike Littwin: We’re no longer surprised at mass murders

Maybe what angers me most about the We can be shocked, yes, because this one happened someplace that we know. We can be heartbroken, surely, that 10 people who should be alive today were s...

DATE: Mar 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Our View: Sorrow and celebration

Sometimes “all the news that’s fit to print” seems to be bad news. Monday’s slaughter of innocent people in a Boulder grocery store is just the latest example. Our hearts go out ...

DATE: Mar 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Writers on the Range: We can act now to fight wildfires

For the 2021 fire season, the writing is on the wall. The West, despite a few days of intense winter, is far drier than it was leading up to last year’s record-breaking fires. ...

DATE: Mar 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Letter: Buell will represent businesses, families

One of Jessika Buell’s advantages over other candidates is that she is extremely well-balanced. She is an incredibly savvy, successful businesswoman and still leads with the hear...

DATE: Mar 24, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letter: Furtney, Herald whitewashed his crimes

After four years of Trump’s lies, we must not stay silent when a politician lies or whitewashes his crimes. In the March 22 League of Women Voters’ candidates’ forum, Seth Furtne...

DATE: Mar 24, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letter: Lodgers tax should benefit housing, transit

Sure, it’s great to collect other people’s (tourists’) money, but to spend it wisely is something altogether different. I question why no one on City Council (save Barbara Nosewo...

DATE: Mar 24, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor