Letters to the Editor

DJT is a monkey with a sharpie
Letters to the Editor

DJT is a monkey with a sharpie

March 23, 2025

DJ Trump says “Sleepy Joe” did not sign his (needless) pardon of the Jan. 6. committee members with a real pen. So, Liz Cheney is now cleared for imprisonment and…

Speak out for a free press, your family’s future
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Speak out for a free press, your family’s future

March 23, 2025

Felon Trump has said he aims to dismantle Voice of America, NPR, and PBS. What’s next, the Boy Scouts and Girls Scouts? Then, The Durango Herald, and the Durango Telegraph…

Cutting science budgets column deserves broad distribution
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Cutting science budgets column deserves broad distribution

March 23, 2025

Professors Black’s and DiRussos’ column on the destructive effects of cutting scientific research budgets (Herald, Mar. 16) deserves wide distribution. These two scientists and educators presented their opinion based upon…

The promise of social security, a looming emergency
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The promise of social security, a looming emergency

March 23, 2025

Like many semiretired people, I am drawing on the money I deposited (through taxes) into social security. I count on this monthly disbursement for paying bills, for food, for paying…

Trump is no “Man of Peace”
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Trump is no “Man of Peace”

March 23, 2025

In his desperate efforts to keep himself perceived as instrumental in the attempts to end the war in Ukraine, Trump has speciously postured himself as a man of peace. A…

Rep. Hurd leading on protecting tax credits
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Rep. Hurd leading on protecting tax credits

March 23, 2025

Thanks to Rep. Jeff Hurd for joining 20 of his fellow House Republicans in a letter asking House Ways and Means Committee Chair Jason Smith to protect clean energy tax…

Enforce illegal red light runners, before cameras
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Enforce illegal red light runners, before cameras

March 23, 2025

A recent Herald article said the city is considering the possibility of installing speed enforcement cameras. Of much greater importance would be to enforce the illegality of running red lights.…

Solutions with no problems, call for new council
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Solutions with no problems, call for new council

March 23, 2025

As a 30-plus year resident, I have seen a lot of bad ideas come from the city. Barb Bell’s letter (Herald, Mar. 12) is exactly right. The city should never…

Rep. Hurd is adversarial toward public lands
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Rep. Hurd is adversarial toward public lands

March 23, 2025

Rep. Hurd puts the interests of big business and the elite Republican DC establishment above those of his constituents by his recent actions. Rep. Hurd just introduced the Productive Public…

Support our future, support 2A
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Support our future, support 2A

March 23, 2025

Those who helped craft the “For” Ballot Issue 2A statement in the municipal election informational booklet worked hard to ensure that our position and claims were as accurate as possible.…

Trying to reach Rep. Hurd with questions
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Trying to reach Rep. Hurd with questions

March 23, 2025

Rep. Hurd, Thank you for your update (Herald, Mar. 9) I value the time you took to communicate with your constituents. You have a tough job. I ask that in…

Rep. Hurd, please get our people back to work
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Rep. Hurd, please get our people back to work

March 23, 2025

I participated in the Mar. 11 virtual town hall with Rep. Jeff Hurd, along with 7,500 other folks. I want to thank the congressman for holding the event and encourage…

It’s not too late for Hurd to speak out
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It’s not too late for Hurd to speak out

March 21, 2025

Does Rep. Hurd realize that President Donald Trump has gone to Mar-a-Lago almost every week – six times – since the inauguration? Trump loves his own golf courses. Fine. But…

We are one people, we are blood
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We are one people, we are blood

March 21, 2025

“Why you want to be an Indian, now? You always hated bein’ Indian” brother asked … before he died that meth death. As children, when he wanted to insult and…

Press should present both sides of news, facts
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Press should present both sides of news, facts

March 21, 2025

The Durango Herald should present the other side of the story about the LPEA decision to go green. Already, people in California, Delaware, and elsewhere are experiencing shocking price increases…

Rep. Hurd, protect our public lands, communities, economies
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Rep. Hurd, protect our public lands, communities, economies

March 20, 2025

The Ridgway Ouray Community Council, Ouray County’s largest citizen organization, urges Rep. Hurd to demand immediate action with the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to…

Hey GOP, tariffs are the same thing as taxes
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Hey GOP, tariffs are the same thing as taxes

March 19, 2025

Since at least President George H.W. Bush’s term the Republican mantra was “No new taxes.” So, now we have Trump unilaterally raising taxes on all Americans with his foolish tariffs…

An open letter to Rep. Jeff Hurd
Letters to the Editor

An open letter to Rep. Jeff Hurd

March 19, 2025

I am a resident of CD3 in Montrose. I identify as DEIA. I am a mom, social worker, disabled, and a member of the Indivisible Montrose group. I am requesting…

Speak up, act out, our democracy is dying
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Speak up, act out, our democracy is dying

March 19, 2025

Democracy is dying under Donald Trump. When will our fellow Americans wake up and see the damage Donald Trump and his sycophants are doing to our country? Important services and…

Thank you Rep. Hurd, a breath of fresh air
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Thank you Rep. Hurd, a breath of fresh air

March 19, 2025

I noticed a full-page advertisement in The Durango Herald on March 5th bashing Rep. Jeff Hurd. It was paid for by the radical environmental groups, the Wilderness Society and the…

Let’s work together to turn around the trainwreck
Letters to the Editor

Let’s work together to turn around the trainwreck

March 19, 2025

Representative Hurd – You must know, contrary to your self-congratulating column in The Durango Herald (Mar. 9), that your party’s actions are leading to fewer dollars in the pockets of…