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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 all of the places near my office in an area…
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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 before the two separate votes required for enactment. A public…
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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 act. The out-of-pocket caps caused so much havoc at colleges…
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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 care centers need to work together to get a child…
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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 Albuquerque market, based solely on antenna viewing, which today represents…
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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 that we have already exceeded a healthy threshold of owner-occupied…
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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 Oxbow agenda to resolve the problems associated with commercial rafting…
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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 all persuasions, ideologies and a heart for the children could…
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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 men. Further investigation proved she was a liar, and a…
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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 while the other asserted that anything short of free, unlimited,…
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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 the downstream neutralizing limestone watersheds, e.g., Lime Creek and Lime…
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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, mayo, olive oil, peanut butter and yogurt. Next spring, I…
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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 Point Loma, our small temporary crosses on Chapman Hill were…
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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 “Raptor” or “Puma” or “Deathwolf” painted on the back of…
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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 Albertsons ? What about those of us who are concerned…
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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 those who deserve it and to punish workers who voted…
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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 health care has caused small businesses to place full-time employees…
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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 and tax revenue that come with regulation, or prohibit them…
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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 in the summer. “Like now?” I said. I then asked…
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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 Oxbow property to reduce safety issues for both the public…
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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 educate. They were there to vote, and they all knew…
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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 be a heartbreaking issue. Just like the noise, pollution, crowds…
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Act before Animas becomes a wasteland
We already know that the toxic metals leaking from Silverton’s mines have traveled at least as far down the Animas as Bakers Bridge and have killed three of four species…
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Red bench may not be fancy, but it is mine
I hope that whoever took it will do the right thing and return it in the same form they took it. I don’t want to know who they are or…
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Los Lonely Boys proved welcome distraction
I attended the Los Lonely Boys show at the Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College Concert last Saturday night. Being relatively new to town and having worked in rock radio…
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Manage Oxbow for conservation values
The Colorado Department of Parks and Wildlife has expressed concerns to the city about its plans for commercial development at Oxbow. The Oxbow property is a spring and summer home…
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Will bikes and boats lead to a train wreck?
Bicycle enthusiasts came out en masse to speak to the city Parks and Recreation Department in support of the trail and the need for access on the northern end. It…
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Mandatory registration wrong for wilderness
Beginning in 2014, the San Juan and Rio Grande national forests will require mandatory registration for all recreationists who enter the Weminuche Wilderness. Even though the areas reported to be…
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NIMBYs not only ones worthy of town living
My husband and I have rented the same accessory dwelling unit in town for five years. We love living close to downtown, but we are not able or willing to…