Global temperature data collected for more than 100 years clearly shows average temperatures are increasing. The 1980s had a significant temperature increase over previous decades, and the average temperature of…
Among them is the need for clean, renewable and affordable energy. Bill is a hard-working, dedicated businessman who understands how million-dollar businesses operate. He is committed to work for you…
His opponent is a single-issue candidate who doesn’t respect our country’s flag, LPEA or its employees. I encourage everyone to vote for Bill Waters, who supports renewable energy and will…
Whatever the reason, I find it onerous to be required to pay a bill that arrives in my mail box three years late! I took my $36 parking violation bill…
The planning department has created four scenarios where vacation rentals would be increased in the old neighborhoods, EN1 and EN2. They took input last month from residents to better advise…
The reasons for my denial: Lemons are not locally grown, shortage of physical space, duplication of products and my “past performance.” I’d agree the lemons are not harvested locally, but…
Had the owner checked the lost and found listings, he or she would have gotten the bike back right away. Had the owner gone to the police at any point…
As a few Herald editorials have pointed out (with solid logic), none of these controls would infringe on the right of the people to keep and bear arms. I’ve come…
Alison Dance and Jeff Berman are the two 2014 LPEA board candidates best qualified to guide the board in this critical hiring process. While the board of directors guides LPEA…
However, it did not go up in 2014. Why not? Because new LPEA board members get elected every year, and the newer, more progressive voices elected to the board recently…
Look for your LPEA ballots and consider a long-term, sustainable energy future for Southwest Colorado and the candidates who also share those beliefs, like Alison Dance and Jeff Berman. Emily…
I have had both the pleasure and honor of working with Berman on a variety of issues, including the development of the bio-fuel plant in Dove Creek. His vision for…
These two people are the kind of directors this board must have to take the co-op successfully through the complicated issues we face. Agenda-driven (with tunnel vision), misinformed, unprofessional and…
She understands the imperative of reducing our dependence on environmentally damaging fossil fuels and moving to newer, sustainable, renewable energy sources like solar and geothermal – which we have in…
As with career politicians, board incumbents become part of the problem when their views become self-serving, or they forget why they were elected. One incumbent, Jeff Berman, has been a…
It would be a wise decision for the future of our electrical co-op, our community and our environment to re-elect him. Ed Zink Durango
Marilyn & Rich Nagler Durango and Evergreen
Alison Dance understands the value of keeping money local. She advocates energy policy that enhances the local economy while delivering an affordable product. As a successful business owner, she is…
This year, the community is lucky to have two board candidates who are champions of renewable energy and local economic and environmental health. The Sustainability Alliance of Southwest Colorado endorses…
LPEA customers send $73 million out of our area every year to pay for our electricity. Think how our local economy would benefit from even 20 percent of that $73…
I ask District 4 voters to support Joe Wheeling. His dedication to the well-being of our community, his business sense and his integrity are major factors in how well he…
Durango’s electricity is generated mostly by the burning of coal in power plants that are far outside of the area. Thus we get the electricity while we largely do not…
I had a week off of work and decided to travel north to the Tianshan Mountains. I had heard stories of a high mountain lake where you could camp out…
However, since electricity is fungible and all those pesky electrons run around in the same wires, no matter their source, I’m a little confused how one can claim electricity from…
As a former county commissioner myself, I observed him when he was county commissioner as well as when he worked with our county airport, and he has always done a…
It is time we (the electorate) wake up! If we want integrity and balanced decision-making on our board, re-elect Joe Wheeling – who presently represents us on the Tri-State board,…
