Letters to the Editor

Martin’s participation will enhance board

I worked with Kim when we taught together at Fort Lewis College. Her love of students and her undying respect…

October 30, 2013

With Amd. 66, state will still have low taxes

Lisa Brohm (Letters, Herald, Oct. 14) is dead wrong when she states that voting for Amendment 66 would be “wasting…

October 30, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Adopt a better solution for plastic bags

As the policy chairman of the American Progressive Bag Alliance, I can assure you that the plastic-bag manufacturing and recycling…

October 30, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Education foundation backs Amendment 66

The foundation is a 501(c)3 charity that supports Durango School District 9-R with funding for programs, materials and technology outside…

October 30, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Like Obamacare, slavery was law of the land

Paul Wainwright Hesperus

October 30, 2013

Letters to the Editor

City Council has bigger fish to fry

Are our city councilors solving real problems or pursuing their personal agendas (without factual data) while bigger problems loom before…

October 29, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Bag tax risks encouraging a tax on sarcasm

In fact (in keeping with standards set by politicians and pundits, the writer is not responsible for the factuality of…

October 29, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Bags are evolutionary gift to other species

The proof lies in multiple Google image search results. One picture I found showed a bottle nose dolphin with a…

October 29, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Turn plastic grocery bags into valuable oil

Plastic, instead of becoming a wasteful polluting eyesore, becomes a treasure, literally an oil well! Carbon footprints involved in transporting…

October 29, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Steve Brittain will be an asset to 9-R board

Gene Jones Durango

October 29, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Kim Martinâ€™s experience makes her valuable

Susan Palko-Schraa Aztec

October 29, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Purchase plastic bags, decrease city’s litter

After giving it serious thought, I decided I could buy bags from the market. This makes sense. I would spend…

October 29, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Fee will prompt bag purchases for 2nd uses

Chris Christensen Durango

October 29, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Business as usual not a sustainable option

Maybe many of the thoughtful authors of the letters to the editor against the ban do already voluntarily refrain from…

October 29, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Bag habits are not only sign of stewardship

Cate Fenster Durango

October 29, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Reusable bag users making a difference

They want you to think cheap. They want you to be lazy as that helps their almighty bottom line. So…

October 29, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Bag ordinance a small but meaningful step

It’s unsurprising that many of the same radicals who managed to destroy the county comprehensive plan are involved in this…

October 29, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Kim Martin will be effective board member

I feel she would make a very stable school-board member. I feel sheâ€™s the best candidate and will look out…

October 28, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Invest small amount in Pine River Cemetery

I want to urge everyone in the Pine River Cemetery District to vote “yes” on the last item on the…

October 28, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Get informed and support bag ordinance

During the last two years, the ordinance has evolved and come to the public in bits and spurts. It has…

October 28, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Three simple reasons to support bag fee

These three points are enough for me to rethink the logic around the use of plastics in our world. In…

October 28, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Amnd. 66 will connect more kids to light

Amendment 66 can help these students grow and thrive. This amendment funnels new tax dollars into early-childhood education, at-risk students,…

October 28, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Facts support a ‘yes’ vote on issues 2A, 4B

As you go to vote, I urge you to get the facts: Property owners in Animas and Hermosa Cliff will…

October 28, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Levy increase will keep cemetery beautiful

In the past, tax revenues was up and the cemetery operated very well on the small mill levy received. Now,…

October 28, 2013

Letters to the Editor

City’s spending priorities are out of whack

How many bags do you already have? We counted 15-20 unused ones at our house. There is this kind of…

October 28, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Support Moran, Burns, Martin and Kendall

After reading through this material, I found that candidates Stephanie Moran, Andy Burns, Kim Martin and Dee Dee Kendall are…

October 26, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Upper Pine tax raise is additional insurance

All county functions have had challenges meeting budgets. Upper Pine Fire Protection District has struggled with this reduction in revenue.…

October 26, 2013

Letters to the Editor

City could require biodegradeable corn starch bags

Tom Redmond Durango

October 26, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Patience, not tax, would bring about change

Sometimes, all it takes is patience to bring about change. If the supporters of the bag tax would continue to…

October 26, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Vote for Kendall, against bag, school tax

2) Please vote “no” on the bag tax. Why does Durango only want to tax food and the poor? Why…

October 26, 2013