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Letter: Youssef offers integrity, thoughtfulness

As a city councilor and mayor over the past four years, Melissa Youssef has made good on her promise of transparent and trustworthy leadership. She has demonstrated time and agai...

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

Letter: Lodgers tax is ‘wolf in sheep’s clothing’

There are fundamental flaws in the lodger’s tax proposal. The major flaw is that it will be a tax increase in perpetuity. This “forever” tax increase allocates 55% to bring subst...

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

Letter: Furtney knows how to prioritize what matters

Don’t miss this opportunity to elect Seth Furtney to City Council. We’ve known Seth and his wife Jody for enough years to know there is no more passionate, competent, committed d...

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

Letter: Buell is a voice for the real Durango

There is a very real chance that City Council could once again be filled with all 50-plus, retired, wealthy members. This is not a true representation of Durango. We need diversit...

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

Editortial cartoons

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

Photos: Thousands take to the streets for ‘No Kings’ march and rally in Durango

Photos: Navajo Trail OpenFriday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Friday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Photos: Durango Fire Protection District opens Station 2

Photos: Hundreds gather to honor fallen Bloomfield Police officer Timothy OntiverosA solemn procession stretched for blocks Monday morning along West Apache Street in Farmington – a display of unity, grief and honor for Bloomfield Police Officer Timothy Ontiveros, 32.About 7 a.m., a large contingent of law enforcement, motorcyclists, friends and grieving family prepared to embark on the motorcade to the 9 a.m. service at the Bloomfield High School football stadium to celebrate the life of the officer.