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Opinion/Letters To The Editor

Mystery organ, question, please help if you can

I visited Durango in 1977 and went into a bar on Main Street, a typical place with a pool table. After a while, dramatic organ music started playing and in the back end of the bar the floor...

DATE: Mar 19, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Shirley Gonzales is a resourceful, innovative city leader

We’re lucky to have Shirley Gonzales stepping up to guide Durango. She brings deep commitment and a wealth of experience from her eight years as city councilor in San Antonio, TX. There, sh...

DATE: Mar 19, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Speak up, act out, our democracy is dying

Democracy is dying under Donald Trump. When will our fellow Americans wake up and see the damage Donald Trump and his sycophants are doing to our country? Important services and fundamental...

DATE: Mar 19, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Olivier Bosmans, an effective advocate, fiscally responsible

With the council/manager form of government Durango has, it is the responsibility of the council to provide direction to the city manager who then directs the staff to carry out the policies...

DATE: Mar 19, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Approve all CPW commissioners, politics should not trump science

Colorado wildlife policy has become more controversial than ever, and we need a Parks and Wildlife Commission that is up to the task. For the sake of reducing the temperature, I ask that Sen...

DATE: Mar 19, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Support Durango’s future, health, economy; extend the sales tax

At Durango Mesa Park Foundation, we understand that parks, trails, and open spaces are essential to Durango’s quality of life, economy, and outdoor culture. The extension of the dedicated sa...

DATE: Mar 19, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Ronald Reagan, others, rolling over in their grave

I wonder how many people, who voted for Donald Trump, are concerned to see him relinquish all our allies and friends to the advantage of Putin’s Russia. Among many, many others, Ronald Reag...

DATE: Mar 19, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

PTSD Veterans Affairs editorial cartoon reprehensible

As a veteran, the editorial cartoon showing the VA Hotline unmanned due to staffing cuts (Herald, Mar. 9) is shameful. Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Doug Collins, posted on Feb. 13 and Mar...

DATE: Mar 19, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Let’s work together to turn around the trainwreck

Representative Hurd - You must know, contrary to your self-congratulating column in The Durango Herald (Mar. 9), that your party’s actions are leading to fewer dollars in the pockets of ...

DATE: Mar 19, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Thank you Rep. Hurd, a breath of fresh air

I noticed a full-page advertisement in The Durango Herald on March 5th bashing Rep. Jeff Hurd. It was paid for by the radical environmental groups, the Wilderness Society and the Colorado Wi...

DATE: Mar 19, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Hey GOP, tariffs are the same thing as taxes

Since at least President George H.W. Bush’s term the Republican mantra was "No new taxes." So, now we have Trump unilaterally raising taxes on all Americans with his foolish tariffs and tra...

DATE: Mar 19, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Mystery organ, question, please help if you can

I visited Durango in 1977 and went into a bar on Main Street, a typical place with a pool table. After a while, dramatic organ music started playing and in the back end of the bar the floor...

DATE: Mar 19, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

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