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Letters: Council must stop this terrible bridge
Letters to the Editor

Letters: Council must stop this terrible bridge

January 28, 2020

I frequently walk the length of the river trail and no other bridge design smacks the eye in such a hideous way, with its industrial, cheap, outdated look. City Council…

Letters: As a doctor, I prescribe Medicare for All
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Letters: As a doctor, I prescribe Medicare for All

January 27, 2020

This is real money for working families: The average surprise bill for emergency care is $628, and more than $2,000 for hospital admission. The vast majority of households filing for…

Letters: To the other animals, we’re all Nazis
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Letters: To the other animals, we’re all Nazis

January 26, 2020

It’s an opportunity to reflect on how each of us can help end oppression. A key question facing historians is how could an enlightened society that produced our civilization’s greatest…

Letters: We need help with transit
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Letters: We need help with transit

January 25, 2020

For years, RRT has done an excellent job of transporting residents of La Plata County to their work/school, Walmart, for help with medical needs, etc. My questions to a Bayfield…

Letters: Durango is a little town with a big heart
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Letters: Durango is a little town with a big heart

January 23, 2020

I work at Brennan’s Exxon. It is one of the finest local businesses here in Durango, owned and operated by the wonderful Brennan family for generations. Their employees and devoted…

Letters: Check out this homeless setup in Albuquerque
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Letters: Check out this homeless setup in Albuquerque

January 23, 2020

Their goal is a hand up, not a hand out; rehabilitation and not entitlement; by addressing physical, emotional and spiritual needs. Joy Junction offers a nine-month program in life skills,…

Letters: Let’s impeach every one of them
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Letters: Let’s impeach every one of them

January 23, 2020

How myopic that those impeaching President Donald Trump and we voters don’t demand immediate term limits and impeachment for all in Congress guilty of rampant fraud, lining their pockets with…

Letters: We can’t weather climate change inaction
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Letters: We can’t weather climate change inaction

January 22, 2020

It is a smart move on the city’s part to reconsider large investments in our little ski area given the projected decline in our state’s snowpack and stream flow. Climate…

Letters: Democrats will steal your health care
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Letters: Democrats will steal your health care

January 21, 2020

Be like Canada! Where you can wait months to see your primary care doctor, be given tests, scans and finally see an oncologist when your once curable cancer has become…

Letters: Our time is up on climate
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Letters: Our time is up on climate

January 20, 2020

My professors have gravely informed my classmates and I that if business continues as usual, the world should prepare for 2.5- or 3-degree temperature increases. This is terrifying. The reality…

Letters: restricting immigration is the answer
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Letters: restricting immigration is the answer

January 18, 2020

He and other public officials, including Gov. Jared Polis, rightly worry about population growth’s impact on the environment since Colorado’s population is projected to increase 30% by 2040. That means…

Must Tipton challenger be so negative?
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Must Tipton challenger be so negative?

January 17, 2020

One thing that disturbs me is the negativity expressed in some candidates’ attack ads whether in a primary or general election. To all candidates of any political stripe, share your…

Letters: Immigration could be driving homelessness
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Letters: Immigration could be driving homelessness

January 16, 2020

Environment, population and immigration are critically related in our world of 7.5-plus billion people. Because of public discussion such as this they are merging into one issue, whether politicians –…

Letters: New Year’s at casino was a flop
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Letters: New Year’s at casino was a flop

January 16, 2020

There was no countdown to New Year’s in the casino as in previous years. No champagne handed out. No party hats or favors handed out in the casino. If you…

Letters: Electoral College is unethical and outdated
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Letters: Electoral College is unethical and outdated

January 15, 2020

Procedurally, the college was designed to prevent a demagogue-like candidate from winning the presidency by inciting the passions of his constituents. Cooler heads in the Electoral College were supposed to…

Letters: Are signs born free as the wind blows?
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Letters: Are signs born free as the wind blows?

January 15, 2020

I concede there may be a fine line between a bought-and-paid-for sign and one made from salvaged cardboard and .0003 cents of Magic Marker. Does Mr. Action Line really feel…

Letters: Giving them drivers licenses is a mistake
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Letters: Giving them drivers licenses is a mistake

January 14, 2020

When I was living in Arizona there were three separate accidents where the drivers were illegals with no license and no knowledge of our traffic laws. In every incident at…

Letters: Gardner should be careful on impeachment
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Letters: Gardner should be careful on impeachment

January 11, 2020

Let’s say you get re-elected and are appointed to be the chair of a committee that has oversight of the executive branch – FBI, CIA, armed services, etc. Your committee…

Letters: Demand a fair trial for President Trump
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Letters: Demand a fair trial for President Trump

January 10, 2020

President Trump withheld U.S. support from an ally unless that country did him a personal (political) favor. This is bribery and an assault on fair elections. He released some of…

Letters: Vote for me to fight immigrant amnesty
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Letters: Vote for me to fight immigrant amnesty

January 9, 2020

How stupid do Congressman Tipton and his staff believe voters are? The Heritage Foundation called the bill “foremost an illegal immigration bill that would provide amnesty for millions of illegal…

Letters: Gardner has no excuse for backing Trump
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Letters: Gardner has no excuse for backing Trump

January 9, 2020

Along with the fact that it was the Obama administration that caused the rebound in our economy, and who cemented our alliances abroad, Trump has managed to get Mr. Frasier…

On climate change, get contraception
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On climate change, get contraception

January 9, 2020

If everyone in this world had solar panels, screwed in LED light bulbs and drove electric cars, the climate would still get hotter and hotter faster and faster because we…

Letters: I always love living in Durango
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Letters: I always love living in Durango

January 8, 2020

“Let me tell you about the town where I live. It’s a small town with a large heart. “We have our problems and disagreements about how the town should grow…

Letters: Tipton’s critics can be misleading
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Letters: Tipton’s critics can be misleading

January 7, 2020

Citing Wikipedia as if it were a factual source rather than a self-service web app, she made claims about his current position on climate change that I don’t believe are…

Letters: We’re better than where Trump leads
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Letters: We’re better than where Trump leads

January 6, 2020

I have worked all over the world and our country is pretty lucky. Yes, we have problems, and please do not tell me it is because the government is not…

Letters: We must do more for killed Marine
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Letters: We must do more for killed Marine

January 5, 2020

Jeff graduated from Durango High School and Ft. Lewis College and rose to flying an FA-18 Hornet for the U.S. Navy flight demonstration team the Blue Angels. Jeff was killed…

Letters: To limit growth, restrict immigration
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Letters: To limit growth, restrict immigration

January 4, 2020

Sub-replacement fertility in the U.S. is nothing new. The birthrate among those native to the United States has been below replacement level since 1972. It is immigration and high immigrant…

Letters: Gardner gets what makes Trump great
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Letters: Gardner gets what makes Trump great

January 3, 2020

Puts America first Is a patriot who loves our county Puts conservative judges on the Supreme and Circuit courts Hits record American oil production Confronts China Makes middle class wages…