Newsletter Opinion - The Durango Herald

Keep Durango affordable â€” no new taxes

If you want to make Durango more unaffordable for those on fixed incomes and people making low wages vote for the city tax increase. If ensuring that all Durangoans can afford to ...

DATE: Oct 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

City tax-increase request is fatally vague

I urge you to vote NO on the city of Durango ballot issue 2A requesting to increase Durango sales and property taxes. I have worked in the transportation construction industry for...

DATE: Oct 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

I am voting for the geek: Allison Aichele

Too often in this political climate, we must wade through the rampant hyperbole, half-truths, mistruths, and out-and-out lies as we choose between those running for office. This unfortunate ...

DATE: Oct 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Diane Mitsch Bush will listen to us

There are millions of reasons I am voting for Diane Mitsch Bush as Colorado’s Third Congressional District representative – Rep. Scott Tipton’s support of the NRA, his abysmal track record o...

DATE: Oct 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Amendment 74 could lay waste to us

There is a lot to pay attention to on the ballots that just arrived in our mailboxes. An important amendment to consider is 74. The language may sound like it was written to prote...

DATE: Oct 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Attacks on Jared Polis are anti-Semitic

There are new anti-Polis mailers and advertisements going around the state. Carrying the line “phony Polis,” they are certainly hard to miss. It’s also hard to miss the hateful negativity th...

DATE: Oct 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Integrated healthcare can serve as life preserver

As a primary care provider, it has become apparent to me that we need to shift how primary care is structured by expanding our role in early identification of behavioral health concerns (men...

DATE: Oct 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Back in the saddle

Planning, big-picture thinking and a lot of hard work brought races to town

DATE: Oct 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Let’s keep Brad Blake, he’s doing great

In this era of continual political conflict, I would hope that residents of La Plata County would appreciate having county commissioners who are committed to working together for the public ...

DATE: Oct 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

74 only good for lawyers, corporations

Amendment 74 is nothing more than a retaliatory measure against Proposition 112, the safer setback ballot issue. Initiated by Protect Colorado, the PAC for the oil and gas industry, 74 would...

DATE: Oct 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Suing train over fire is bad for tourism

Some citizens and business owners of Durango and Silverton have filed civil suits against the Durango train company because of loss of business due to the fire. First, the cause o...

DATE: Oct 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Comparing apples to oranges

Ballot Question 2A for the new police station and maintaining the streets has brought an unusual comparison of apples and oranges in an op-ed published in the Herald (10/13). I d...

DATE: Oct 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: From the Mayor