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Letters: President is a socialist for the wealthy

President Trump and the GOP typically throw around the words “socialist” and now I even heard “communist” referred to Democrats or independents, but Trump is the biggest socialist for the we...

DATE: Oct 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

On this day: A man, a plan, a canal

There is much talk afoot of doing big things in the U.S., from addressing climate change à la the Green New Deal to Medicare for All to the gargantuan deficit spending we have seen bound up ...

DATE: Oct 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Letters: Abortion bans harm women of color

Policies that take away the ability to obtain abortion care when you need it fall hardest on people who are already struggling to make ends meet and care for themselves or their families. Th...

DATE: Oct 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Marsha Porter-Norton is the one for me

I urge your vote for Marsha Porter-Norton for La Plata County commissioner. She facilitated the group that devised legislation to protect our Hermosa Creek area, successfully balancing econo...

DATE: Oct 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Mitsch Bush will be a strong voice in D.C.

When I read the Theresa Anderson Durango ...

DATE: Oct 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: What if we listened instead of talking?

It’s election time, a time of strongly entrenched partisanship, of strong and sometimes blind devotion. Intense partisanship causes conflict and tears us further apart. Can we f...

DATE: Oct 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Let McLachlan continue on our behalf

Excepting only those among us who are committed anarchists, I think that we can all agree that some form of government is necessary. We need people of good will who will listen to and respec...

DATE: Oct 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: We need Porter-Norton’s experience

I endorse Marsha Porter-Norton for La Plata County commissioner. She is well known in the community as a small business owner facilitating solutions on public issues for decades. For example...

DATE: Oct 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: I won’t be getting my yogurt at Top That

It’s a shame Top That Frozen Yogurt in Durango has decided not to care about my health by not wearing masks or requiring them. Since they evidentially have no regard for me, I will not suppo...

DATE: Oct 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Porter-Norton is thoughtful and reliable

We could not ask for a better county commissioner candidate than Marsha Porter-Norton. She is smart, thoughtful and a tireless worker. I saw this firsthand when we worked on the road and bri...

DATE: Oct 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Prop 113 will damage rural Coloradans

Rarely do ballot measures threaten to disproportionately punish geographic constituencies. Until now. In 2019, the Colorado Legislature and governor approved legislation implementing a “nati...

DATE: Oct 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Documentary makes case for Joe Biden

I had the pleasure of watching the MSNBC documentary “The Way I See It,” about Pete Souza, the photojournalist who documented President Barack Obama’s eight years in the White House (as well...

DATE: Oct 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

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