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Opinion/Letters To The Editor

‘Expected to drive 60 miles’ for school

I’m a longtime La Plata County resident, living no more than five miles from Purgatory Resort since I was 15. At 15, I was transported by bus to Durango High School five days a week, with th...

DATE: Nov 22, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

‘Call out Boebert on genocide’

So far, there are few who have been willing to show up and support a movement united against racism, islamophobia, anti-semitism, transphobia, and above all, state-sanctioned violence and ge...

DATE: Nov 12, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

‘Some Americans have dysfunctional brains’

My friend George was murdered in 1973 running along the beach in San Francisco. I was running with him earlier or would not be alive to write this letter. Today we are all victims of gun vio...

DATE: Nov 12, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

‘Herald Facebook page. What a joke!’

Some years ago, The Durango Herald made a deal with the devil, oops, I meant Facebook to monitor the comments posted by readers on the Herald website. From my perspective, Facebook monitors ...

DATE: Nov 12, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

‘Vicious cycle brought Netanyahu, Hamas’

Patriarchal dominance cements its control beginning with humiliation, proceeding to intimidation and threats, then moving into violence. This vicious cycle has brought us Benjamin Netanyahu ...

DATE: Nov 12, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

‘Medical services here really bad’

OK, a family member goes to a local doctor after waiting for several weeks for an appointment, then gets a prescription to relieve the pain until this person’s condition can be scheduled for...

DATE: Nov 5, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

‘Boebert using grandchild as a prop’

When Rep. Lauren Boebert isn’t using a pistol side arm as a prop, she uses her 6-month-old grandchild, Josiah, as a prop. The family values representative is nothing short of being morally ...

DATE: Nov 5, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

‘Vote ‘yes’ to fund the BID’

We should be wary any time a proposal for implementing, increasing or extending a tax comes across our ballots. This year, businesses, residents and property owners in the Central Business D...

DATE: Nov 5, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

‘Street created for strolling now a thoroughfare’

​A special thanks to Bill Roberts for his recent guest column that recognized East Third Avenue (the Boulevard) was designed for people, not cars. His suggestion to return it to a place wher...

DATE: Nov 5, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Malfunction Junction: ‘Leave it be’

I think the dovish drivers require behavior modification not the well-engineered traffic roundabout on Florida Road. These traffic flow enhancements are everywhere today. Only Durango has a ...

DATE: Nov 5, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

‘Prop. HH a bait-and-switch’

Did you know that the Colorado government does not need the voters’ permission to lower taxes; only raise them? This raises the question, “Why do we need Proposition HH?” The answer? Because...

DATE: Nov 5, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

‘Natural gas bill to go up 14%’: Why?

I would assume that The Durango Herald knows we do not get our energy from Excel and have to wonder why it ran the article “Energy bills should be lower this year.” After all, this article r...

DATE: Nov 5, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

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