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Letters: Approval voting could solve our problems

Everyone is familiar with plurality, our current voting method. It’s how we elect our governor and our state representatives. It has the advantage of being simple, but the disadvantage of no...

DATE: Nov 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Our view: In national elections, it could always be worse

Getting a President Biden, if we do, will not alter the faces of America

DATE: Nov 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Our view: What Colorado voters were thinking

Lauren Boebert’s win was predictable; voters on taxes should have been

DATE: Nov 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Letters: Too many loud motorcycles in Durango

Does Durango have a noise ordinance that would apply to loud motorcycles? If there is, why is not enforced? There are way too many extremely loud bikes â€“ mostly Harleys. Many ri...

DATE: Nov 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: That ol‘ chicken is some pickleball hater

Why didn’t the chicken cross the road? It built a $4.1 million bridge instead. Why didn’t the prairie dog tunnel under the dangerous intersections? Because the chicken ...

DATE: Nov 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: We don’t need that costly, ugly bridge

If the city wants to spend over $3 million to enhance the river trail, why not use that money to make the entire river trail a better experience for everyone? Spending that money for one unn...

DATE: Nov 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Jim, we need to talk about your thistle

Jim Cross in his letter writes of the qualities of the lowly thistle, which he defends as a maligned “Scottish immigrant” (“ Jim states that the thistle deserves recognition as Scotland’s n...

DATE: Nov 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: We are the best country in the world

The letter “ The U.S. COVID-19 mortality rate is lower than most of the major European countries. Japan is doing a great job of controlling the virus, but neither the U.S. nor Europe could ...

DATE: Nov 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: What does mayor need to keep us safe?

Regarding the The quote from Mayor Dean Brookie was even more disturbing: “We’re taking enforcement very seriously, but it all comes down to ... money and expenditure of resources.” ...

DATE: Nov 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Our view: Who needs turnout?

The lowest since 1828 was a snoozer; the highest was too much excitement

DATE: Nov 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials

On this day: Dewey does NOT defeat Truman

The Born into a wealthy Chicago family, McCormick took control of its paper in 1910. He served in World War I as an artillery officer, won promotion to colonel and was awarded the Distingu...

DATE: Nov 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Letters: Trump: Politically incorrect but effective

There have been several recent letters and articles telling us that the economy is in the tank and that President Trumpâ€™s success with the economy is some kind of illusion. That is ridicul...

DATE: Nov 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor