Letters to the Editor

Letters: Treat 9-R super with deserved respect
Letters to the Editor

Letters: Treat 9-R super with deserved respect

November 13, 2020

Stephanie MoranDurango(The author served on the Durango School District 9-R board. Her letter was submitted before Dan Snowberger announced his resignation.)

Letters: These were my mentors – who are yours?
Letters to the Editor

Letters: These were my mentors – who are yours?

November 13, 2020

During World War II, Anne was a mechanic in the California airplane industry, earning commendations while planning her return to farming in La Plata County. Reid was an officer aboard…

Letters: Keep climate change denial to yourself
Letters to the Editor

Letters: Keep climate change denial to yourself

November 11, 2020

Denial of climate change has been a PR stunt perpetrated by the fossil fuel industry. Fracking may be an efficient way to retrieve oil and natural gas, but that process…

Letters: How do you define ‘breaking news’?
Letters to the Editor

Letters: How do you define ‘breaking news’?

November 11, 2020

The entire town of Estes Park was evacuated because the second largest fire in the state had grown by somewhere around 140,000 acres in 24 hours and was threatening the…

Letters: How could you have been so duped?
Letters to the Editor

Letters: How could you have been so duped?

November 10, 2020

You used to be the party of values and principles. Remember? You were hijacked by President Trump, who shared none of your principles and does not care about you. How…

Letters: They use the virus to divide and weaken us
Letters to the Editor

Letters: They use the virus to divide and weaken us

November 7, 2020

Basketball and football are all-American sports, but two-thirds of the players are anti-American meanwhile making their riches. They need to find their own sport and get their pro-criminal racist organization,…

Letters: The coming mandatory vaccine debate
Letters to the Editor

Letters: The coming mandatory vaccine debate

November 6, 2020

Much of the public believes vaccines are medicinal and therapeutic. The CDC, however, confirms that “some vaccines contain only a part of the disease germ,” such as the MMR vaccine…

Letters: That ol‘ chicken is some pickleball hater
Letters to the Editor

Letters: That ol‘ chicken is some pickleball hater

November 4, 2020

It built a $4.1 million bridge instead. Why didn’t the prairie dog tunnel under the dangerous intersections? Because the chicken built a $4.1 million bridge instead. Why didn’t the Three…

Letters: Jim, we need to talk about your thistle
Letters to the Editor

Letters: Jim, we need to talk about your thistle

November 3, 2020

Jim states that the thistle deserves recognition as Scotland’s national flower. I consider this of little merit, as I believe the thistle is Scotland’s only flower. He discusses the main…

Letters: We are the best country in the world
Letters to the Editor

Letters: We are the best country in the world

November 3, 2020

The U.S. COVID-19 mortality rate is lower than most of the major European countries. Japan is doing a great job of controlling the virus, but neither the U.S. nor Europe…

Letters: What does mayor need to keep us safe?
Letters to the Editor

Letters: What does mayor need to keep us safe?

November 3, 2020

The quote from Mayor Dean Brookie was even more disturbing: “We’re taking enforcement very seriously, but it all comes down to … money and expenditure of resources.” Is the 60%…