One candidate especially stands out, however, in terms of dedication, experience, collaboration and the ability to listen to all her constituents: Melissa Youssef. While I can cite her leadership as…
It is important that all drivers be aware of the cyclists in and around Durango, especially as training ramps up for the spring, and be familiar with what roads are…
There is a thing called sustainable tourism. It involves putting in place a system of proactive monitoring and checks and balances in order to try to prevent tourism from exceeding…
I have always been extra cautious about endorsing anyone. Four years ago, I was asked to endorse Melissa Youssef and I was happy to do so. I was convinced that…
He has served on Durango’s Parks and Recreation Board for five years and has been a volunteer and crew boss for Trails 2000/Durango Trails for over 15 years. On the…
I met Olivier three years ago from playing pool. He helped me out. I admire him for taking care of his kids. And when nobody in this world cared, he…
What a wonderful place to put a visitor center – at the edge of town on the Animas River, just as you come from south El Camino del Rio, where…
I’m a resident in the Bayfield School District and after looking at my property tax bill I found that the Bayfield School District has the highest mill rate in the…
Life is full of choices: what to eat, where to live, how to vote, etc. Some choices we make end up good, some not so good. In the U.S.A. we…
However, all the hype has left electric co-ops and their members in rural America with a very different reality. In its perfect world, this new untested spectrum has some notable…
The recent loss of my material things has been an opportunity for me to learn what truly matters most. I am a man who until now has never had the…
The idea that these homes would be affordable to the average Durango family is laughable. Wealthy people from Denver, Texas and California will move here and buy the homes. Middle…
After all, where do Texans go, Durango? Will we enforce our local precautions against our biggest tourist group? Time will tell, as well as monitoring the case loads – unfortunately,…
That these seven candidates are each willing to dedicate themselves and their time to the often thankless role of public service says a lot about them and their commitment to…
La Plata Electric is an owner of Tri-State and has an investment of well over $70 million in Tri-State. Unfortunately some of the board members and the management want to…
What is equally disgraceful is what happens to many – yes, many – white women who have to work two or more $7.25-an-hour jobs and juggle their finances because their…
I have known his children since they were born and remember him cycling his kids to school, one on the front and one on the back of his bike. He…
Melissa is an empathetic leader who listens. Melissa possesses outstanding leadership qualities and has the depth and breadth of experience to provide continuity on the City Council. Melissa has enhanced…
I saw this same work ethic over the last four years as Melissa served on City Council. Melissa’s character traits are what we need on council for another term. She…
Lisa is compassionate, considerate, and committed to our community. She has worked to build her family business with her husband, David, and spent numerous years dedicated to youth in our…
My son experienced the punitive approach of the local and state legal judicial system. He had undiagnosed depression and anxiety and in retrospect he self-medicated with substances to the point…
But as a patron and mother, the 5-year-old boy’s drowning Jan. 17 in the hot spring pools was devastating news. I am not the only person in Durango deeply concerned…
Nice stage design. Based on the 1930s Othala Rune, used as a Nazi symbol. Some “very fine” people. Then the golden Trump statue was rolled in. American flag shorts (you…
Relocating the golf course to provide for in-town affordable housing would truly set Durango and the county on a long-term path toward sustainability. In-town housing addresses many long-term societal and…
I recently provided a Durango Herald for each of the students in my class so they could read the Jan. 29 article, “A new search for a camp,” about the…
My father passed before we could visit the homestead. I realized tha I had no idea how to locate the homestead, or even the cabin where he lived his first…
She responded with poise, clear-headedness, and decency. She has earned re-election. She helped get us through the rapids; let us hope she is given the chance to guide us through…
Last summer, camo-clad, flag-waving, armed counter-protesters threatened Black Lives Matter protesters at Buckley Park, all of whom, with their children, were armed with picnic baskets. The gall of them to…
In the interest of full disclosure, I will begin by saying that I am a retired sex offender treatment provider and a retired domestic violence treatment provider. I know the…
