Women’s views, women’s pain, and the struggles of anyone other than the patrician white male, simply do not count when a senior white male’s reputation or future is at stake.…
There are issues on the state ballot that may have an impact on money available to the city. The 25 year time frame is too long. Other options should be…
This is our 48th summer on our allotments in the San Juan Mountains and I am proud of the fact that the water, sub-alpine and alpine environment, and aesthetic aspects…
More wasteful spending! A few examples: The city has implemented a storm water drainage study during what could end up being the longest and severest drought in documented history. It…
Since Congress created the LWCF in 1965, Colorado has been the recipient of $268 million of funding. These dollars don’t come from taxpayers. Instead, the program is funded by revenues…
The new proposal would loosen regulations of methane emissions and leaks at the federal level and allow the regulation levels to be determined state by state, with most states having…
The La Plata County Sheriff’s Office is made up of folks doing a difficult and often thankless job well. Morale is high, as is performance, traits that trend from the…
The law does not seek a ban, rather a commonsense set of regulations that will address the health and safety of Colorado citizens and our environment. Since the explosion at…
Seems like Dennis Pierce hates everything. Andy Ward Durango
He has the business and financial experience needed to lift our county out of the current embarrassment of being categorized as “high risk,” which is draining money to cover costly…
Colorado’s House of Representatives has been doing its job. Now, we need to flip the state Senate to Democratic majority. Why? Bills which become law in Colorado must pass both…
Yet, instead of trying to improve it or crafting a better plan, Republicans have undermined the ACA expressly to make it, and the Democrats, look bad. No wonder many Democrats…
Serena should have been escorted off the court, by present USTA rules and regulations, but she got to finish with a minor punishment, and commercials, which she makes money off…
From Sept. 7 to Sept. 10, I observed these conditions while hiking and camping in an area of the Weminuche Wilderness: Degradation of the sub-alpine and alpine environment; Water sources…
It is nothing remotely resembling a true arboretum, which represents several kinds of trees and shrubs in multiple groups. Its size is Lilliputian and its aims are depressingly low. It…
His excellent record of fiscal responsibility: Having the largest budget of any county agency, he has saved $2 million over three years! And he brought in $750,000 of new outside…
If you are not familiar with the plight of the Havasupai horses, please educate yourself by going to www.havasupaihorses.org to check for yourself. It would be nice if you would…
Put new people into the system who have not paid life-long? CRASH! Medicare payments do not cover the cost of treatments given, and have to be supplemented by higher charges…
And, isn’t it funny that when I saw the same cartoon as Mr. Flautt, I immediately emailed a copy of it to my friends because I felt it so precisely…
Sheriff Sean Smith, the incumbent, has a bachelor’s degree in public safety administration and previous experience in the Army and U.S. Department of Justice. Most recently, Smith and his officers…
Tom Riesing’s approach to dealing with his diagnosis of pancreatic cancer is truly inspirational. It is unfortunate that many of the treatments are not covered by insurance and have resulted…
I remember the Republican Party’s cynical co-option of Christianity and the creation of the Moral Majority in the 1980s I remember a Republican Party that impeached a Democratic President for…
These three corporations are involved, one way or another, in the oil and gas business. Check out their websites; descriptions of their focus are right there. I did. Some of…
Judging by Mr. Meyerowitz’s choice of editorial cartoons and syndicated columnists since his arrival, the Herald editorial page continues to promote an anti-administration stance in spite of his rhetoric. Was…
There are two reasons that the United States and NATO should intervene in this unending tragedy in Syria. Humanitarian: Many innocent civilians, children, families have been displaced, wounded and killed…
Now, a group of impacted citizens and businesses have filed suit against the train, alleging the same thing. I cannot speak for others, but I do not feel vindicated. My…
We attended one of the first community information meetings held in Durango and were extremely impressed listening to Sheriff Sean Smith address the crowd. He had control and command of…
We must talk about democracy, citizenship, responsibility, ethics, and most of all, about decency and morality. We’ve discussed politics. Sometimes it divided us. Friends can disagree and still care for…
Sheriff Sean Smith has clearly shown that he is enforcing the law but unlike his opponents, he understands the laws, the appeals, recent higher court rulings and the constitutional implications.…
Looking at different solutions recently offered, my suggestion would be to move the La Plata County Fairgrounds and all those activities to Ewing Mesa (which has been proposed). Put the…
