Letters to the Editor

Get government to look into gas prices
Letters to the Editor

Get government to look into gas prices

September 20, 2015

The federal plus state tax on gas 41 cents per gallon in Colorado versus 37 cents in Arizona. So where’s the justification on the 55 cent difference? When I read…

Allow beer and wine in grocery stores
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Allow beer and wine in grocery stores

September 20, 2015

A vast majority of states have allowed full-strength beer and wine sales in grocery stores for years. And as the craft beer segment in general represents the largest share and…

Weak trails attracting only old people
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Weak trails attracting only old people

September 19, 2015

If you want bicycle tourism, build trails with flow, berms, jumps, challenging rollers and technical features. The “Chapman flow trail” is a joke with brake-jacking corners (exactly Trails 2000’s style).…

Sept. 11? Do something to be remembered
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Sept. 11? Do something to be remembered

September 19, 2015

Let’s be clear: I think we should remember people who lose their lives to the fallen and senselessly violent nature of human “kind.” I think we should mourn the loss…

Committee hearing wasted precious time
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Committee hearing wasted precious time

September 19, 2015

The majority of those on the committee would not acknowledge the cause, ignored the long-term effects and offered no solution to the problem or any assistance to those affected. All…

Come together to back law enforcement
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Come together to back law enforcement

September 19, 2015

I think it is long past time we all stand up and say “enough is enough” and put our support behind our law-enforcement people and do everything we can to…

Attacks on EPA aim at ending oversight
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Attacks on EPA aim at ending oversight

September 19, 2015

And so it is with Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Cortez, and his ilk, and the Environmental Protection Agency. After they ensured a permanent underclass with deep cuts to maternal and infant…

Gold King spill revealed nothing new
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Gold King spill revealed nothing new

September 19, 2015

Quite frankly, I’m more concerned about the rude river runners who trespass and then flip me off after they’ve used my land for a toilet, than the heavy metals in…

Chase brought readers amazing prose
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Chase brought readers amazing prose

September 19, 2015

The Herald, and Durango, are lucky to have her. I make a point of finding her byline now, no matter what she’s covering. Kate Niles Durango Editor’s note: Chase Olivarius-McAllister…

Use abundance perspective when choosing college
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Use abundance perspective when choosing college

September 19, 2015

Every fall, the pattern repeats itself. Anxiety escalates as students and parents follow the paucity theory of college admissions. That theory‘s premise: When a resource is scarce – the number…

Weed infestation makes us all look bad
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Weed infestation makes us all look bad

September 17, 2015

Shame on the state and county for not forcing the Forest Service to comply with the regulations. The county would fine and or go in and control weeds on private…

Learn facts about Planned Parenthood
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Learn facts about Planned Parenthood

September 17, 2015

Planned Parenthood may advertise on its website that it provides cancer screening, test for STDs, etc. but not all services are provided and not all services are free. In fact,…

Herald worries about water, not abortion
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Herald worries about water, not abortion

September 16, 2015

On Sept. 6 it published an editorial supporting an organization, Planned Parenthood, that terminates the heartbeats of thousands of children. This organization that the Herald supports dismembers and sells the…

Respect Constitution Week Sept. 17-23
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Respect Constitution Week Sept. 17-23

September 16, 2015

Sept. 17 was originally called Citizenship Day, and on our calendars is shown as Citizenship Day and Constitution Week begins. The DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C., is a memorial…

Coal mine slips around another code
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Coal mine slips around another code

September 15, 2015

The trucks drive a steep hill on CR 120N that has a 9 percent grade. When large trucks and passenger cars share a hazardous road, these heavily loaded semis pose…

Toxic metals still remain in the river
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Toxic metals still remain in the river

September 15, 2015

Obviously they have settled in the sediment where they will affect aquatic organisms, move further downstream and become magnified in the food chain. A truly meaningful study would look at…

Support moving Durango’s sewer plant
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Support moving Durango’s sewer plant

September 14, 2015

This topic of moving, or not, the sewer plant is of major importance. We will have to live with the decision the rest of our lives. At the Sept. 1…

Look into why local gas prices stay high
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Look into why local gas prices stay high

September 14, 2015

Obvious price coordination among our local suppliers raises the question whether there is some type of price fixing here in Durango. Just recently on national news gas prices in San…

Abortion must be safe, legal, last resort
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Abortion must be safe, legal, last resort

September 13, 2015

Women were still getting abortions. Rich women got D&Cs in antiseptic doctors’ offices, under all sorts of guises other than “pregnancy termination.” Poor women got backroom abortions performed by all…

Dumpster art a benefit of Friends’ grants
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Dumpster art a benefit of Friends’ grants

September 13, 2015

That Durango nurtures unique creative ventures is another testament to the vibrancy of our community. For several years, the Dumpster Beautification Project has been the recipient of Durango Friends of…

Tie a string around your finger
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Tie a string around your finger

September 12, 2015

It doesn’t take a huge amount of effort to say a kind word to that senior citizen you encounter in the grocery store or when out in public. Smiles and…

Developers should also pay for roads
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Developers should also pay for roads

September 12, 2015

Now that the roads are in bad shape, the commissioners are probably going to let us vote on whether to increase our taxes to fix them. That’s nice of them…

Is the sewer plant missing capacity?
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Is the sewer plant missing capacity?

September 12, 2015

So now I read that the plant has a capacity of 2 million gallons per day. My question is why is the plant rated capacity only 2 million gallons per…

Golf course is a poor use for forest land
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Golf course is a poor use for forest land

September 12, 2015

A friend told me that this was from a land trade made by the Forest Service. The bare mountainsides were going to be developed into a golf course. What a…

Now is the time to move the sewer plant
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Now is the time to move the sewer plant

September 12, 2015

The first city system was built in 1958 and was replaced with the existing facility in 1985. There was a lot of support before the plant was built to move…

Why even consider a new sewer plant?
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Why even consider a new sewer plant?

September 12, 2015

To my recollection, the sewer plant odor was not offensive until recently. The past three or four years. About the time the plant became at or near maximum capacity. It…

The United States created today’s Iran
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The United States created today’s Iran

September 12, 2015

Today, we have in place in Iran a fundamentalist Shiite theocracy that regards the West, and the United States specifically, with a hyper-wary eye. How did this state come about?…

Test drilling would have prevented spill
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Test drilling would have prevented spill

September 12, 2015

The uncontrolled breach of the plug instantaneously released thousands of gallons per minute of water and suspended solids. This venturi-like action, or vacuum, within the workings created a strong suction…