The County’s finance director, Diane Sorenson, who earns more than a county commissioner, has been working from her home in Minnesota for four months. How much has the county spent…
This is not some haphazard plan, but one based on careful long-term planning. Please visit the www. A1durango.com website for answers to many of the questions and criticisms that have…
The Clean Energy Act requires that 100 percent of the city’s electricity come from clean energy by 2032. It provides incentives for electric vehicles and creates sound energy efficiency standards…
Having lived here 20 years, this year was the most snow we have seen since February, 2008. I have had four plow trucks. I am a seafood consultant, governor appointee,…
The Herald says that the city’s decision to prohibit sandwich board signs downtown is equivalent to the decision made by those who ordered the bombing of Vietnam. It also says…
Stop trying to raise the sales tax. That is a regressive action that disproportionately hits local taxpayers who do not own homes. Instead, ask to increase taxes on those who…
I was pleased to see the Herald’s publication recognizing outstanding businesswomen. I know many of the nominees, and I am delighted to see them recognized for their hard work and…
My husband and I own guns and have hunted in Colorado 50 years but do not appreciate the idea that a “red flag” bill is unconstitutional. HB 1177 requires “clear…
This got me thinking. Why are people who are against the ballot initiative to maintain our streets telling everyone the city has plenty of money and officials just need to…
Although their work has been exemplary, folks still need to use their brains when driving by slowing down (arriving at Purgatory five minutes later won’t ruin your day), leaving adequate…
I met Kim before she even moved to Durango, when she was on a road trip checking out the area. Her focus is on multi-generational growth – how do we…
While he may not have been as attentive to local business as he might have been while in town (and it isn’t clear that is true), he was doing what…
But when I got outside, I saw the giant snow plow and the trucks that haul the snow off. I watched for a while. It was a tightly choreographed experience,…
Next, La Plata Electric Association could and should exit from their long-term contract. And finally, Kit Carson Electric Cooperative and their deal with Guzman Energy provides a blueprint as to…
We had huge concerns of someone having a deadly crash when entering that highway from homes along that route. CDOT seems to get its share of complaints. This is a…
Increasingly, argumentation is being advanced by questioning the integrity and honesty of our elected officials, volunteer boards and advisory commissions – your neighbors and fellow citizens, doing their best for…
I will be the first to say I wince at the sound of someone saying, “Raising taxes is a good thing.” As a business owner for 15 years in Durango,…
In its report, “America’s Climate Choices,” the National Academy of Sciences states that climate change “is very likely caused primarily by the emission of greenhouse gases from human activities,” and…
Durango’s snow removal plan (or lack of a plan) for the downtown area is to have snowplows running around plowing snow around parallel-parked cars. This process is slow, tedious and…
It seems that the column should reflect a synthesis and opinion about current topics and issues, and reflected as intelligent thought. Corey Sue Hutchinson Durango
If they are so smart, why not prove it by helping out in our community? Get a job, start a business, shop local, help a neighbor or volunteer. You can…
Saturday, Feb. 16, the Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts of our community picked up 3,543 pounds of food for the Durango Food Bank. Not only is this an important project…
It seemed so positive until that phrase about panhandlers, which left me queasy. I emailed the Business Improvement District, asking if it could strike the phrase about panhandlers to keep…
I used to expect a predictable viewpoint, a liberal and politically Democratic slant to any topic examined. That’s fine, that’s your opinion, but it was not worth reading the editorials…
Your remarks regarding snowplow drivers in our happy, sweet little town are way out of line. Asking “Did some of the plow people have the night off so they could…
Our city and county deal with snow removal as they can with the number of people they can employ and with the monetary resources they receive. This is not a…
One summer, late 1960s, I worked the Diamond Circle Theatre. Dennis would do”Toot-Toot-Tootsie, Good-bye, or ”The Cremation of Sam McGee, every night as his acts in the Old Time Oleo…
Don’t take my word for it, though. Google “geologic climate change” and you will find that it comes in regular cycles over millions of years. This entire discussion became a…
In 2013, our state Legislature passed legislation providing our state’s undocumented immigrants with the ability to obtain unique driver’s licenses from six DMV locations. However, this program has not been…
“The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of Socialism is the equal sharing of miseries,” Winston Churchill said. America has seen the vices…
