The scale of this problem requires the deepest of pockets to solve. The EPA and the Superfund approach is the only way this gets done. I was once told that…
It was going smoothly until I was told that my recycling could no longer be picked up in the alley. My trash has always been picked up there, and the…
When approaching a street with a street light, look around for a signal, fixed at approximately eye level. This light is usually directly beyond the white lines that jaywalkers feel…
On the July 30 front page, a headline began, “Demand for gun permits rise.” Demand doesn’t rise, it rises. These are common rookie mistakes, but shouldn’t we expect more from…
Is this the best we get with our tax dollars? Maybe they will do better on the next section. David Donovan Ignacio
This group of people works so hard for such low wages that it does not have the luxury of free time or disposable income to spend on extreme sports. And…
Both parties say we have the answer to fix all the problems. Yeah right! I am tired of supporting the lazy and needy that want more for nothing – kind…
At a recent hearing about Oxbow Park, LeBlanc said I should have asked better questions and was responsible for keeping the county out of the process. If one reads the…
I just wanted to let La Plata County know we are alive and well and have been serving the children of this community since 1948. We meet every Thursday at…
Physicians are already unable to afford treating any more people on Medicare, Medicaid and TriCare at the very low price-controlled rates. Unless the Obamacare Colorado exchange pays a fair and…
You have until Aug. 15 to drop off socks at the our Welcome Center, Alpine Bank and at Purgatory. Even easier, buy a pair at one of our participating local…
Twelve-step groups with love and truth cure mental illness, develop the nonviolent, love directed human. Psychiatry is America’s holocaust! Clover Greene Ignacio
The DPW came by recently (thank you) to remind residents to make sure we clip those bear proof trash cans and to set up a program for those of us…
The article did not mention the district has an adequate bond fund balance to sustain our long-term forecast for debt service, nor did it mention that in the 2011-12 fiscal…
I might have locked my car door or walked behind the mall security officer in Obama’s presence before he became a senator, or before you changed your behavior and image…
If you have ever been to Oregon and Washington, you can see where Weyerhaeuser and other lumber companies cut and replant the trees almost immediately. If they did not, they…
First of all, the mural on Sixth Street is not his mural as he painted it. Much to my dismay, because of a crack in the building, it was painted…
The “obstructionist” House of Representatives referred to and chastised by the Herald is the only instrument of government standing against Obama and Sen. Harry Reid’s democratically controlled Senate and their…
Frontier has been winding down its Durango service by steadily decreasing the number of flights per day for the past few years. In 2010, there were three Q400 aircraft flights…
Is a baby born (or aborted) prematurely not a life because he or she may require temporary medical intervention (breathing support or other life-maintenance aid) to remain alive? Today, many…
As Newby says, “If the actions of the state are contrary to Jesus’ teachings, they (Christians) are silent.” The best example, of course, is Guantanamo Bay. Would Jesus Christ approve…
