Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor
PERA not a problem but a good model
Unlike the author, most PERA retirees paid into but will never receive Social Security benefits. Further, a 2014 report from the Employee Benefit Research Institute shows 6 in 10 new…
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Absurd to call NRA ‘extremist organization’
I’m guessing the current trendies and herd thinkers don’t really know their history. For example, the NRA armed and trained freed slaves to defend themselves against the KKK after the…
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LWV to hold panel on local agriculture
Dryside farmer Trent Taylor, Blue Horizons Farms; Patti Buck, recently elected president of American National Cattlewomen, cattle rancher; and Maria Baker, member of a Southern Ute ranching family, will all…
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Protecting Hermosa Creek is vital to many populations
Hermosa Creek is a tributary of the Animas River and critical to the health of Durango’s drinking water. Maintaining the health of the surrounding watershed is essential to maintaining a…
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Anti-GMO mythology is political scare tactic
L-Tryptophan is a vitamin supplement, an amino acid to be exact. It was not regulated in the past by FDA. Today the FDA has approved the sale for limited uses…
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Cuts to District 9-R budget are significant
To begin with, gifted educators have now largely been eliminated. These full-time teachers were available to identify gifted students, provide personalized instruction, support teachers in enriching their curriculum and advocate…
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Police are New Mexico’s most violent gang
It seems New Mexico police would rather shoot residents than look at them, and it happens almost every day. They think nothing of emptying their clips into a minivan full…
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NRA requirement far cry from endorsement
There is the NRA that promotes gun safety and offers financial grants to small community gun clubs, and then there is a separate organization NRA-ILA (Institute for Legislative Action) that…
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STEAM park would be a boon for Durango
As a relative newcomer to the area, it has always struck me that the city has not better incorporated the downtown area with the beautiful river that runs through it.…
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PERA to blame for school-funding shortfall
When I was explained the benefits, I thought this is not possible without somebody drawing the short straw, and as usual, that was the taxpayer. (My PERA benefits are equal…
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Obama is most clueless, inept president
Sorry, even I cannot continue with this parody any longer. Barack Obama is the most clueless and inept person ever to hold the office of president. The anointed one, who…
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Become a Salute to Veterans volunteer
Today, local veterans organizations provide outstanding services, but they are the first to admit that coordination of these services, and avenues for participation by all members of our communities would…
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Clean energy helps fight global warming
The report, Moving America Forward, showed that Colorado’s Renewable Energy Standard reduced carbon pollution by 3.7 million metric tons in 2012, the equivalent of keeping 770,833 cars off the road…
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To best coexist, leave wildlife alone
Deer, lions, bear, coyote, fox – all manner of wild animals – travel down from the mountains and along this ridge to where it ends in Delwood. They are coming…
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Hermosa bill protects habitat for hunting
Hermosa Creek is Colorado’s largest unprotected roadless area and can be accessed just a few miles from downtown Durango. The Hermosa Creek Watershed – named for the Spanish word meaning…
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Hillcrest fees heading through the roof
Consider this: Hillcrest made a substantial profit in 2012 and 2013 when membership fees were $450. The hired architect rated Hillcrest with mostly B grades in his initial evaluation. If…
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Local hero unlocks traffic snarl
And for the better-than-you-could-ever-dream rescue, Jim Turner, all-American hero, gentleman, supreme engineer and grid unlocker: All I asked of the driver behind me was to please call AAA for me.…
Letter from Korla
A firsthand look at racial divisions inside China
That being said, there are things about China that make me glad I grew up in America. Pollution is horrendous – in many cities you barely see the sun, and…
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Others helped make Purgatory a success
One was Kathy Butler, who was principal bookkeeper/accountant during the first 15 years or so. She and her assistant, Elaine Brown, kept the paper business at top-level during those years.…
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Climate change, global warming are different
Goodrich claims climate scientists had to change the name from “global warming” to “climate change.” What nonsense. Why change the name? They are just different terms, and they mean two…
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Closing day at Purgatory evokes gratitude
It also left a dusty exclamation point to the end of the regular season on “Pandemonium.” The echoes of Ralph Dinosaur have faded as I watch some friends making their…