Letters to the Editor

Letters: This is a reward and punishment society
Letters to the Editor

Letters: This is a reward and punishment society

July 6, 2020

Examples: someone’s great sense of entitlement, attempts at making one feel stupid, unworthy of opportunity, being incompetent, not good enough, not fast enough, too smart for some, not smart enough…

Letters: Virus could have been handled better
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Letters: Virus could have been handled better

July 6, 2020

But, in my opinion, the last to sequester, and the first to return to school and normalcy, were the children. Sitting in front of a computer for hours on end…

Letters: Fight for more equitable health care
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Letters: Fight for more equitable health care

July 5, 2020

The article goes on to add that “Although Congress mandated free coronavirus testing for uninsured persons, the order has not extended health coverage to those requiring treatment. Likewise, the congressional…

Letters: Masks and social distancing are working
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Letters: Masks and social distancing are working

July 5, 2020

I recently came from Santa Cruz County, Arizona, population 46,000, mostly rural with one larger town, very similar to La Plata County. In my experience, most people in Santa Cruz…

Letters: The bears come out and get in the trash
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Letters: The bears come out and get in the trash

July 4, 2020

The bears are out and into trash. That’s right, the bears are in the trash. Please place your trash cans out on the morning of trash pickup. Thank you. Sherri…

Our view: Racist stereotypes need to go bye-bye
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Our view: Racist stereotypes need to go bye-bye

July 3, 2020

My memories of The Chief diner and its iconic sign are less than happy. In the mid-1950s, my entire family came down with food poisoning after eating at there. The…

Letters: Vandalism is not the American way
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Letters: Vandalism is not the American way

July 3, 2020

When I wrote that law, I was thinking of the artists’ First Amendment rights to self-expression and the question of whether a painting or statue should be authorized or erected…

Letters: Opposing ‘Chief’ sign is PC run amok
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Letters: Opposing ‘Chief’ sign is PC run amok

July 2, 2020

First, it’s on private property, Meets all the silly hysterical society and city building codes. Leave it alone. I was born here, with family residences in La Plata County and…

Letters: Mask advocates becoming unpleasant
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Letters: Mask advocates becoming unpleasant

July 2, 2020

Fear has ugly effects on people. Perhaps it is just bringing what lies under the surface to the forefront and out! I was shopping and because of a serious medical…

Letters: I’ve watched police and I like what I see
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Letters: I’ve watched police and I like what I see

July 2, 2020

First was when an irate non-customer declared he had a legal right to eat his carry-out dinner at a different restaurant’s private outdoor dining area. He was told this is…

Letters: To people who bring packages, thanks
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Letters: To people who bring packages, thanks

July 1, 2020

The biggest Christmas season at my house does not even compare to the number of delivery orders I have placed in the last eight weeks. I have received many packages,…

Letters: Wearing a mask is not a punishment
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Letters: Wearing a mask is not a punishment

July 1, 2020

I have read that many people who choose not to wear a mask feel that people who are immune-compromised should just stay home. Do you know who and how many…

Letters: Has Donald Trump hit a new, new low?
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Letters: Has Donald Trump hit a new, new low?

July 1, 2020

But President Trump outdoes each of the locals. In a rambling mess of word salad that we have been normalized to accept as a presidential speech, Trump leaps upon a…

Letters: White supremacy in Durango with ‘Chief’
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Letters: White supremacy in Durango with ‘Chief’

June 30, 2020

White supremacy thrives in our institutions. Not far from the surface, we find beliefs and practices maintaining the premise of white dominance. This petition joins the protests against symbols of…

Letters: How about a win-win on ‘Chief’ sign?
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Letters: How about a win-win on ‘Chief’ sign?

June 30, 2020

Nevertheless, the design of the “Chief” seems done in the style of caricature, which is often used as a comic imitation. Perhaps this is not intended, but there are people…

Letters: I welcome Durango’s mask ordinance
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Letters: I welcome Durango’s mask ordinance

June 29, 2020

I applaud the city councilors for passing it, and I hope businesses enforce it. We all want the economy to get going again; we want to buy things in stores,…

Letters: We’re proud to help restore cutthroats
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Letters: We’re proud to help restore cutthroats

June 29, 2020

The discovery and subsequent rescue of this subspecies of cutthroat is very important and historic. At the end of the article it references the “dedicated conservation effort” that dates back…

Letters: My agenda is clean, affordable energy
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Letters: My agenda is clean, affordable energy

June 29, 2020

The energy business has changed; and change is difficult. The electric power business at one time was easy. Dig coal, burn coal, send the juice to the lines. But burning…

Letters: Leftism more dangerous than COVID-19
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Letters: Leftism more dangerous than COVID-19

June 28, 2020

Symptoms of leftism include: hating America; feeling justified in rioting, looting, stealing and killing of innocent people in the name of social justice; expressing hate against the police who are…

Letters: Beware white nationalist internet hoaxes
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Letters: Beware white nationalist internet hoaxes

June 28, 2020

Threats of violence aimed at protesters began to appear on social media and men wielding firearms intimidated a protest organized by high school students in Pagosa Springs. Such misinformation and…

Letters: Our back to school could look like this
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Letters: Our back to school could look like this

June 27, 2020

Here’s what I think it could look like: There could be an a.m. session and a p.m. session. The morning session would take place 7:30 to 11 (early, I know).…

Letters: Police should check for masks in stores
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Letters: Police should check for masks in stores

June 26, 2020

When I asked the clerk about enforcement, she said the chain’s owner doesn’t believe they are necessary and that the local police can enforce this expectation. When I can shop…

Letters: They are whom we really need to thank
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Letters: They are whom we really need to thank

June 26, 2020

To the contrary, our local nonprofit hospital, Mercy, drastically reduced business and is now in need of patients. Who we really need to thank is all the cashiers and workers…

Letters: Please keep posting the COVID statistics
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Letters: Please keep posting the COVID statistics

June 26, 2020

They are willing to sacrifice the vulnerable because it inconveniences them. Sure, it’s inconvenient to wear a mask for 10 minutes in the grocery store; try wearing one for your…