The notion that folks who can afford a $1,000 paddleboard or pay a rafting company are OK, but those on inner tubes are not, is purely discriminatory and repugnant. In the 20 years I have lived here, I have never seen any tubers (who are sitting in the water, for pete’s sake) go to the shore and get out to pee. That is just another ludicrous claim aimed at managing the river like a private lake for members only.

I only hope that the powers that be come to realize that this is the wrong way to go. If they don’t and move forward to ban inner tubes, then I would be very supportive of a residents’ initiative to place the issue on the ballot. Denying a huge recreational opportunity to many because of the noise made by a few diehard NIMBYs is just plain wrong.

Jerry Brown

Durango