Letters to the Editor

Letters: Country is now full-scale disintegrating
Letters to the Editor

Letters: Country is now full-scale disintegrating

June 18, 2020

The ideas once discussed only by the radical left are now all of a sudden mainstream. Since the media and leftist (Democratic) politicians have been espousing the lie that America…

Letters: Our bored teenagers turning to crime
Letters to the Editor

Letters: Our bored teenagers turning to crime

June 18, 2020

The tagging on the abutments at Bakers Bridge and elsewhere defaces Durango and the natural world we have always taken pride in. More of this vandalism has occurred at the…

Letters: Don’t sneeze in my general direction
Letters to the Editor

Letters: Don’t sneeze in my general direction

June 18, 2020

Then there are zoning laws, alcohol laws, eminent domain, many laws addressing public safety, voting laws, and on and on! These protests over masks are a misguided use of one’s…

Letters: Herald should give the police a break
Letters to the Editor

Letters: Herald should give the police a break

June 17, 2020

Here’s a couple of suggestions for your lists. Remove all the names of people who actively resisted arrest and/or the lawful orders of the police. Remove the names of people…

Letters: Deaths, body counts, published with glee
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Letters: Deaths, body counts, published with glee

June 17, 2020

Start a tally of how many businesses have gone under or declared bankruptcy. I think that statistic is far more important than the body count. I’ll even start, Pier 1…

Letters: Herald must be afraid to look partisan
Letters to the Editor

Letters: Herald must be afraid to look partisan

June 16, 2020

Republicans in Congress, almost without exception, have hewed to the plutocratic authoritarian agenda of Trump and his allies. Democratic control of Congress is the only way out of the morass…

Letters: Local businesses must take these steps
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Letters: Local businesses must take these steps

June 15, 2020

Local community members would love to spend their dollars here, just like we always have, but we can’t do that if businesses treat our community’s health so cavalierly that their…

Letters: We’ll muddle through best as we can
Letters to the Editor

Letters: We’ll muddle through best as we can

June 15, 2020

However, our dear leader, President Trump, implores us that “if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also.” OK, Trump never said that or…

Letters: Tourists must be tested and quarantined
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Letters: Tourists must be tested and quarantined

June 14, 2020

The medical science of stemming an epidemic is well known and has been practiced successfully throughout our country’s history. These principles include diagnosis, quarantine and contact tracing. Here is how…

Letters: Sunday is Flag Day – fly stars and stripes
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Letters: Sunday is Flag Day – fly stars and stripes

June 13, 2020

On June 14, 1777, Congress adopted the first official design of the flag of the United States. In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation that officially established June 14…

Letters: It’s the Democrats to blame for all of it
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Letters: It’s the Democrats to blame for all of it

June 13, 2020

Then they become sanctuary cities where illegal immigrants move in and take the jobs that are left. Police unions defend bad cops making it nearly impossible to remove them. School…

Letters: Schedule not in students’ best interests
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Letters: Schedule not in students’ best interests

June 12, 2020

As a grandparent who has supervised my grandkids daily since the outbreak, I have not been impressed with the online component, so three days a week online seems inadequate. Most…

Letters: Durango businesses are doing this right
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Letters: Durango businesses are doing this right

June 12, 2020

Knowing that my chair will likely continue to be my closest physical companion over the coming months, I broke down and went to Durango Furniture and Mattress to seek a…

Letters: How about minding your own business?
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Letters: How about minding your own business?

June 10, 2020

Stop virtue-signaling and attacking verbally and physically people who have other world views and opinions than yourself. The self-righteous snitches need to back off, stop trying to push their own…

Letters: Will you help put coronavirus behind us?
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Letters: Will you help put coronavirus behind us?

June 10, 2020

Here we are today in a world pandemic where some individuals claim their civil rights are being violated and refuse to wear a mask in public, despite the possibility of…

Letters: I cannot abide President Donald Trump
Letters to the Editor

Letters: I cannot abide President Donald Trump

June 10, 2020

I cannot stand by while Trump malignantly lies about the status of the pandemic because it might make him look bad, while he lies about mail-in voting being corrupt, while…

Letters: Having to wear a mask is not ‘bondage’
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Letters: Having to wear a mask is not ‘bondage’

June 9, 2020

Though not foolproof, wearing masks properly is a proven method to be help each other during this health crisis. COVID-19 is extremely contagious and more deadly than influenzas of recent…

Letters: This is what decent human beings do
Letters to the Editor

Letters: This is what decent human beings do

June 9, 2020

Fortunately, a piece circulating recently in the media can do the job better. So, slightly amplified: Here is how you may grieve for the 100,000 lives lost to the plague…

Letters: Trump is greedy, mean-spirited, and lies
Letters to the Editor

Letters: Trump is greedy, mean-spirited, and lies

June 9, 2020

Because of voter suppression and because the popular vote will not be decisive in the November election, Trump needs only to fool some of the people some of the time…

Letters: A need is seen for better government
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Letters: A need is seen for better government

June 9, 2020

Chaos turned many protesters into looters that is a national embarrassment. Good cops were taunted and injured by brick-throwers and expected to refrain from arresting them. Countries abroad have lost…

Letters: The real invisible enemy is selfishness
Letters to the Editor

Letters: The real invisible enemy is selfishness

June 8, 2020

Lately, I have been ashamed, confused and disappointed in the behavior of some people as I have read in letters to the editor. It is scientifically proven masks are needed!…

Letters: My idea of freedom is wearing a mask
Letters to the Editor

Letters: My idea of freedom is wearing a mask

June 8, 2020

In a time when most people will be spending most of their time sequestered in crowded cities, a getaway to Durango will seem like paradise. We can focus on making…

Letters: Happy trails to pardner Cy Scarborough
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Letters: Happy trails to pardner Cy Scarborough

June 8, 2020

My husband and I moved our family to Durango because we loved its spirit of the Old West, and Cy’s Bar D Chuckwagon truly embraced that spirit! The family-friendly Western…

Letters: I’d be sending Trump better bills now
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Letters: I’d be sending Trump better bills now

June 7, 2020

Never mind that Boulder hasn’t exhausted its rainy day fund, pushed a $17 “living wage” for its staff and spends $6 million a year of its budget on climate initiatives;…