Letters to the Editor Majority supports council, bag ordinance What’s with all the emphasis on foes – a minority of city residents and many from the county who are… August 19, 2013
Letters to the Editor Spread the word: Local doctors nix Medicare Meanwhile, I’m thinking that blogging about this situation in Durango is a good idea. Reckon tourists who visit, parents of… August 19, 2013
Letters to the Editor Political ads aside, Herald doing a great job Also, thanks to Doreen Hunter (Opinion, Herald, July 28) for shining a light on a glaring lack of equity in… August 17, 2013
Letters to the Editor Herald should find more important topics What’s going on in the schools? Are they prepared for the coming school year? How did the summer tourist season… August 17, 2013
Letters to the Editor Weigh in on recreational marijuana Tuesday All interested parties, whether for or against retail stores and regulations, should make plans to attend and be heard. As… August 17, 2013
Letters to the Editor Broncos a first step to Denver TV? But what about those of us who aren’t into football but would love to see news, weather and politics from… August 17, 2013
Letters to the Editor In intellect showdown, Brown is closing gap However, the word “moronic” was edited out by the Herald. A while later I read a letter from Maurice Harrigan… August 17, 2013
Letters to the Editor Politics aside, Durango knows how to eat I woke one day thinking I should go on a lunch quest to eat and visit with my friends at… August 17, 2013
Letters to the Editor More input would set unwelcome precedent The city charter requires that the City Council conduct a public hearing on the subject matter of any proposed ordinance… August 17, 2013
Letters to the Editor Fight against health-care leviathan This anti-health care plan is so bad that the president has decided to delay many of the conditions of the… August 17, 2013
Letters to the Editor Child care centers must work for families As McClellan stated, we as a community must come together to help our children. That also means all local child… August 17, 2013
Letters to the Editor FCC should re-examine logic of TV markets With the acquisition of KIVA and KREZ by Albuquerque stations, and turning them into repeaters, those counties flipped to the… August 15, 2013
Letters to the Editor ADUs not best affordable housing option With more than 50 percent of the properties in Durango already being rentals, Citizens for Healthy Established Neighborhoods is concerned… August 15, 2013
Letters to the Editor Commercializing Oxbow Park not the answer The justification that this proposed put-in will alleviate congestion at the 33rd Street and 29th Street put-ins is ill-founded. The… August 14, 2013
Letters to the Editor Crosses Project only about helping children It has always been the heart of the Crosses Project to see this as an effort in which people of… August 14, 2013
Letters to the Editor Sharpton one of country’s biggest racists Years ago, he defended a young black woman in New York City who swore she was raped by two white… August 13, 2013
Letters to the Editor Reusable bags good for personal freedom Recently, the Herald said that the argument about the plastic-bag surcharge boiled down to one side citing science and solutions… August 13, 2013
Letters to the Editor Problem with Animas not mines but sewage That, of course, means acidic upstream waters, and countering that on site may well cause even more costly problems below… August 12, 2013
Letters to the Editor Bag fee a boon for city coffers, big stores Currently, I am not being fined when I buy my pancake syrup in a plastic container. Nor my catsup, mustard,… August 12, 2013
Letters to the Editor Children’s deaths were the point of crosses Just as the sight of rows and rows of white crosses was a visual reminder of death of soldiers in… August 10, 2013
Letters to the Editor Regulate recreational vehicles, their names I think it should be illegal to drive 22 mph slower than the posted speed limit with a name like… August 10, 2013
Letters to the Editor Maybe others could pass out plastic bags Is it not discriminatory to apply this proposed law only to certain grocery stores such as Walmart, City Market and… August 10, 2013
Letters to the Editor Join the effort to shop outside of Durango As for me, I will make a conscious effort to shop outside Durango city limits to divert sales-tax revenue to… August 10, 2013
Letters to the Editor Obama’s lying is worthy of impeachment What? He stated we have added 162,000 new jobs in the month of July. How did he do this? Obama’s… August 10, 2013
Letters to the Editor Our community deserves safe access to pot Local governments now have a choice before them: allow retail marijuana centers in their communities and benefit from the safeguards… August 10, 2013
Letters to the Editor Animas pollution also a problem for Durango A spokesman for the water district informed me that Durango only gets a significant portion of water from the Animas… August 10, 2013
Letters to the Editor City should heed Oxbow recommendations Vehicles crossing the railroad tracks could present safety issues. Our recommendation: Restrict vehicles from crossing the tracks to access the… August 10, 2013
Letters to the Editor No ‘education’, just a predetermined vote What an arrogant statement! Does he think we are children? The City Council and city management do not want to… August 10, 2013
Letters to the Editor Regulate existing put-ins, leave Oxbow alone Of course, for the homeowners right next to the proposed development, making the Oxbow riparian area into a put-in must… August 10, 2013
Letters to the Editor Council did right thing in backing bag fee Gregor Gardner Durango August 10, 2013