Newsletter Opinion - The Durango Herald

Colorado AG must be a Trump-fighter

The Herald recently endorsed Phil Weiser’s opponent for attorney general, stating, “We disagree that the presidential administration should be the Colorado attorney general’s prime area of c...

DATE: Oct 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Vote to save our health with setbacks

We have before us a landmark opportunity to protect our health and safety from the dangers of future fracking, which threatens the air we breathe, the water we drink, and soil in which we gr...

DATE: Oct 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

City tax hike is well justified and wise

Durango regularly is identified as a best small city, great outdoors city, good city for families and so on. Our location is one reason for this but equally important are a healthy downtown ...

DATE: Oct 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Don’t waste negative mailings on me

Because my local TV stations are out of New Mexico (where, by the way, all I’m seeing is negative accusations/pointed fingers), I have to depend on info sent to me via snail mail. I just wan...

DATE: Oct 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

When you vote, it’s like having a lifesaver

Vote to save Social Security. Vote to save Medicare. Vote to save protections for pre-existing conditions in our health insurance coverage. Yes, it’s really that simple...

DATE: Oct 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Vote for setbacks, a recreation economy

As a kid I ate a lot of bologna, so I know it when I see it. The oil and gas industry says that Proposition 112’s 2,500-foot setbacks will put 85 percent of Colorado’s non-federal...

DATE: Oct 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

City should better use tax funds on hand

The city’s 2015 half-cent cent tax is for “recreational facilities, parks, trails, pedestrian and bicycle improvements … and the urban forest.” All multi-modal projects are funded by this ta...

DATE: Oct 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Aichele has done everything by the book

I urge all voters to re-elect Allison Aichele as La Plata County treasurer. Allison deserves to keep the job to insure the continued effective operations of the treasurer’s office. She has t...

DATE: Oct 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Elizabeth Warren plays Trump’s game – and loses

A lot of smart people believe that Elizabeth Warren, the senator from Massachusetts, is the front-runner for the Democratic nomination in 2020. So when she released a video featur...

DATE: Oct 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Ross Douthat

Beware ‘hand of god’ con in government

The “hand of god” con is one of the most dangerous situations our country faces. Does your religion compel you to build more cages for children and for families? Does your religion encourage...

DATE: Oct 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Voters must save us from Republicans

Republicans controlling Congress have been instrumental in transitioning the world’s greatest democracy into a nation governed of, by and for the rich and privileged. They have do...

DATE: Oct 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

My vote on Ballot Question 2A

I will vote “yes” on Ballot Question 2A to increase a combination of city sales and property taxes and I hope you will consider joining me. If you had participated in the communit...

DATE: Oct 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

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.