Letters to the Editor

Trash on Highway 550 is disgusting
Letters to the Editor

Trash on Highway 550 is disgusting

February 22, 2015

I live and travel on 550 daily. Many times, I witness garbage trucks traveling south on the highway, spewing trash all the way down the road. When we can, we…

Olson column was wrong on many levels
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Olson column was wrong on many levels

February 22, 2015

This column is an absurd misrepresentation of reality. It is wrong on many levels. Olson cites the International Monetary Fund saying that: “$1.9 trillion is the amount of subsidies dolled…

Re-electing Mayor Marbury is no contest
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Re-electing Mayor Marbury is no contest

February 22, 2015

Sweetie has an enviable ability to see the silver lining in any situation. During her first term, the city very ably and seamlessly instituted single-stream recycling, and now eight of…

There is a war against the homeless
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There is a war against the homeless

February 21, 2015

It is illegal to sleep in the parks at night, forcing most homeless people to sleep during the day – resulting in any progress to better their situation being destroyed,…

AP climate stories are opinion, not fact
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AP climate stories are opinion, not fact

February 21, 2015

Seriously, I realize that the goal is to keep the uninformed liberal voters in the dark about what is really happening in the world, but can’t we occasionally get some…

Why shoot gun if not to kill dog?
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Why shoot gun if not to kill dog?

February 21, 2015

Penick is certainly human – and certainly a heartless member of that species. What was his motivation, if he did not mean to kill a dog? Would he have fired…

Continue birth-control funding
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Continue birth-control funding

February 21, 2015

Colorado has successfully increased access to LARC since receiving a generous multi-year grant in 2008 from an anonymous donor. Teen birth rates in Colorado have since declined more rapidly than…

Annual contest could solve Arc problem
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Annual contest could solve Arc problem

February 21, 2015

Like most Durangoans, we applauded the nighttime addition of the infamous T-rex head to the “rock banana” and mourned its removal. We still check out the banana every time we…

Valles Caldera not the work of Cato
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Valles Caldera not the work of Cato

February 21, 2015

The Valles Caldera Preserve was not an example of privatization, nor was it designed with the help of or is it anything like any proposal made by the Cato Institute.…

Let the Middle East deal with its war
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Let the Middle East deal with its war

February 21, 2015

I rented to a former GI gunner who had a wounded warrior mention on his license plate. He scared me more than once, even though I gave him no reason…

Tell the city to let our kids’ bunnies be
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Tell the city to let our kids’ bunnies be

February 21, 2015

We love Durango and are involved with animals and young-adult involvement with the community – including 4H, which gives kids the best involvement with helping others here in Durango. I’m…

Quit blaming parents, explore the issues
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Quit blaming parents, explore the issues

February 21, 2015

The state’s testing debacle has cheated the learning process in the school system, promoted “teach to the test” instead of learning to learn, denied teachers’ rights to teach to learn…

Stop sitting around hoping for snow
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Stop sitting around hoping for snow

February 19, 2015

I know that what we do now still matters – especially to our children and grandchildren. The best science suggests if we get serious about reducing greenhouse gasses now, we…

Reconfigure stupid Trans Lux Drive
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Reconfigure stupid Trans Lux Drive

February 19, 2015

Adjustments should have been made and finalized before construction. From this intersection, a driver would have to drive about a mile out of his way to get to La Posta…

Death with dignity and a better airport
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Death with dignity and a better airport

February 18, 2015

In the meantime, I will continue my plans to retire to Oregon, where I know I can live – and die, by choices well made. Oh, and by the way…

Hillary’s gaffes will haunt her campaign
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Hillary’s gaffes will haunt her campaign

February 18, 2015

As Reuters reported, “Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said Tuesday she made a mistake when she claimed she had come under sniper fire during a trip to Bosnia in 1996…

Support the right to death with dignity
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Support the right to death with dignity

February 16, 2015

In 2006, my wife was diagnosed with the terminal disease pulmonary fibrosis, and for the next four years, she suffered. During August of 2011, my daughter Brooke and I were…

Roberts now just toeing the party line
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Roberts now just toeing the party line

February 16, 2015

In that vein, she sponsored and helped pass a bill in the Colorado Senate that allows parents to exempt their children from being vaccinated. They can be exempted for any…

Obama’s moral relativism could doom us
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Obama’s moral relativism could doom us

February 15, 2015

Obama’s rather glib and brief history of the Crusades hardly told the whole complicated story of events of 800 years distant, but his moral relativism is rather glaring. As Bobby…

Work to stop passage of the ‘Dark Act’
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Work to stop passage of the ‘Dark Act’

February 15, 2015

This bill called The “Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act” (seriously) will be introduced by Reps. Pompey and Butterfield. The bill if enacted will: Prevent states from adopting their own…

Reconsider North Main marijuana shop
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Reconsider North Main marijuana shop

February 14, 2015

In speaking with a person in the planning office, we discovered that: a) only those within 300 feet of this business were made aware of the proposal, b) the entire…

Who knew Charles Koch could be ironic?
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Who knew Charles Koch could be ironic?

February 14, 2015

Apparently, Koch is quite serious. This is one of the most outrageously ironic pieces I have ever read. Those “well-intentioned” lawmakers who created “incarceration nation” were instructed by Koch’s American…

Exactly whom was Brown channeling?
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Exactly whom was Brown channeling?

February 14, 2015

My question is, was J. Paul channelling Clint Eastwood’s “Dirty Harry” or NBC’s Brian Williams? Gerry Schaerer Durango

‘California stop’ works against drivers
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‘California stop’ works against drivers

February 14, 2015

As a biker, if a car doesn’t come to a complete stop and I see their wheels continue to roll, I have no choice but to continue to brake and…

Working with DHS students impressive
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Working with DHS students impressive

February 14, 2015

Sadly, when adults think of teens, they may think of overly dramatic whiners who barely will lift a finger except to play a video game This stereotype could not be…

County should better explain tax hikes
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County should better explain tax hikes

February 14, 2015

The article states that the primary reason for entertaining these taxes is due to “declining property-tax revenue caused by falling natural-gas and oil production and property values.” Regarding oil and…

Work to protect national public lands
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Work to protect national public lands

February 14, 2015

Now, as I read more about the fight brewing across Western states over whether the state or federal government should control public lands, I keep thinking to myself, where’s the…