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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

We all want the same things, don’t we?

Voters of the 3rd U.S. congressional district, I am a Democrat and I will be voting for Diane Mitsch Bush. Please don’t quit reading because of my admission. In these polarized ti...

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

Acknowledge this one symptom of overpopulation

“Humans are at the center of global climate change: …social change is key to effectively respond to climate change” — IPPC Special ReportDo you remember the politicians in North Carolina...

DATE: Oct 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Population Matters

Drain Lake Powell to gain water supply security

Recently a Denver Post front page story warned of water shortages and climate change facing the Colorado River, which supplies water to much of Colorado and its 5.6 million residents. Other ...

DATE: Oct 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Still have free speech, for good and ill

What should be a problem solver is no more than a problem maker in all aspects of society. Take politics. Everyone must have slept at a Holiday Inn Express since there are so many subject-ma...

DATE: Oct 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Afghanistan shows security cost in hostile world

WASHINGTON – The Afghan War – really, the war against terrorists and their allies in Afghanistan and Pakistan – has elements of a Greek tragedy. It was unavoidable, but seemingly unwinnable....

DATE: Oct 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Michael Gerson

This presidency itself is a very rogue operation

WASHINGTON – Adel al-Jubeir, the Washington playboy cum Saudi foreign minister, on Sunday finally delivered the phrase we’ve all been expecting: They were rogue operators. “This w...

DATE: Oct 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dana Milbank

Diane Mitsch Bush supports equal rights

If you care about civil rights, your vote should be for Diane Mitsch Bush. Ratings by civil rights groups do not favor Rep. Scott Tipton: The NAACP rated him 0 percent on civil rights; the A...

DATE: Oct 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

I did not think letter was anti-Semitic

I just read a letter from Leah Karotkin where she writes how “as a Jew” she was so offended by a letter written by Richard Messier (“Nazi analogy doesn’t belong in Herald,” Oct. 23). In his ...

DATE: Oct 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Smith as sheriff is doing the right thing

I have worked for the La Plata County Sheriff’s Office for 30 years in many different capacities and am currently the undersheriff. I am also a Republican. Prior to Sheriff Sean Smith being ...

DATE: Oct 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

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