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Letter: Vote ‘No’ on lodgers tax, marketing for more tourists

What exactly is sustainable tourism? One thing it is not is more of them. Residents benefit from tourists in terms…

March 23, 2021

Guest Columns

Jan and Greg Phillips: How to evaluate health-care reform proposals

Access to health care often varies based on income, race, age, sex, disability, gender identity and residential location. Cost, inadequate…

Editorials

Our View: Furtney’s potential outweighs fence-cutting

Potential outweighs fence-cutting

Letter: Train should depart from Durango, not Rockwood

This has created many issues for the residents of Rockwood and surrounding area and has compromised the integrity of the…

Letter: Furtney will put the service back in public service

Seth Furtney in one such person. Seth is running for City Council because he loves Durango and want to keep…

Letter: Seth Furtney is committed to Durango

This is why we are wholeheartedly endorsing Seth Furtney for City Council. Seth has served as a Parks and Recreation…

Letter: Hold Visit Durango accountable for exclusionary policy

On March 10, Visit Durango released an ad campaign labeled “Durango Tourism Matters,’’, which co-opted the language of the Civil…

Letter: Railroad schedule will harm Rockwood area

Running shorter trips, they can run more trains per day, save cost on fuel and maintenance, while charging the same…

Letter: Mask mandates are absurd

This is the absurdity of mask mandates. Each of us, in the pursuit of life and happiness, should continue the…

Guest Columns

Rep. Barbara McLachlan: Media literacy is essential to an educated populace

Most of us know what literacy is — reading and writing — and we encourage teaching it in schools to…

Letter: Council deserves better than Furtney

I am writing in response to comments made by City Council candidate Seth Furtney to the Durango Herald. Furtney was…

Editorials

Our View: Governor blunders with ‘MeatOut Day’ proclamation

MeatOuGovernor blunders with ‘MeatOut Day’

Youssef, Lockwood, Buell are the right combination

My vote goes to the contingent of Mellisa Youssef, for her council experience and ability to truly listen to our…

Letter: Youseff has earned our trust for another term

She has raised a family here and been a moving force behind the school systems, the nonprofits, the medical providers,…

Letter: Vote Youssef and Buell for City Council

Melissa has a huge capacity to learn the truth behind difficult issues and come to a well-balanced decision. We are…

Letter: Furtney overcomes challenges and collaborates

He’s a doer. I put things in a “honey-do” pile and they magically reappear sewed, taped, glued, welded … fixed.…

Letter: Vote ‘No’ on lodgers tax increase

Don’t we already suffer from the large increase in tourists crowding our streets and parking, coming from states that have…

Letter: Buell is hard-working, passionate entrepreneur

I’ve had the privilege of getting to know Jessika over the last six years. Not only is she a hard-working…

Letter: Furtney will support new ideas, policies

Perhaps more importantly, I believe that Seth has shown he has the fortitude, as do our more recently elected City…

Letter: Furtney, Youssef will continue progress

Seth also has been studying the financial issues of the city. He can provide solutions to continue the forward momentum…

Letter: Buell offers out-of-the-ordinary leadership

I have had the opportunity to know Jessika on a professional level as well as a personal level. This is…

Letter: Vote ‘No’ on lodgers tax ‘selling of Durango’

A number of them bought properties, driving housing costs even further beyond what is affordable for working-class residents. Yes, restaurants…