Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor
Protect water, land not gas industry’s profit
With $331 million profited daily within the first quarter of 2013 by oil and gas, is it really intelligent to be selling out our life-giving resources, while blindly falling into…
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E-cigarette maker chooses market carefully
VUSE Digital Vapor Cigarettes are made for and marketed to adult tobacco consumers, and the only VUSE styles being offered as part of this expansion are regular and menthol. VUSE…
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Council should exempt Albertsons from fee
Albertsons already provides an incentive to its guests to use cloth and polyester bags. How many residents choose to shop at Albertsons simply because they can take their cloth or…
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Study linking bags to E. coli was weak, invalid
Claiming that an E. coli-reusable bag link is well-documented based on one poorly executed study is inappropriate. This study was not published in a scientific journal and thus did not…
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Let residents weigh in on bag issue
I think we need to remember we are a huge tourist town with people traveling from all over the world to visit. Maybe in our tourism guides we should add…
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Parents should help nurture love of reading
Adults who read regularly do so because they love to read not because they “must read.” The youngest children drop everything at any opportunity to hear a story because they…
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Tourist article was rude and inappropriate
Often, questions that folks have about an area are related to their point of reference. A non-U.S. citizen is likely to inquire about U.S. dollars vs. travelers check vs. credit…
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Bag-based paranoia is ridiculous
Reusable bags are not the health risk that opponents claim them to be. These claims are obviously a way to keep the city from enforcing a ban on plastic bags,…
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Concern over PERA return rate unfounded
State Treasurer Walker Stapleton visited Durango in March, presenting his opinions on PERA. He questioned PERA’s reliance on a projected 8 percent investment return, paraphrasing remarks by New York City…
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Life is not the issue; defining humanity is
It is true that at conception the egg cell has a complete set of genes, but it is not yet a human life. If I were to hire an architect…
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Law allows people with guns to chase others
In 1967, I was in a similar altercation. I was walking back to my apartment in New York City early one evening, and I was followed. Next, the follower (no…
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Work together for better transportation
In the near future, Colorado could face a ballot measure asking voters to invest more in transportation. Educating and persuading residents will be a challenging process that will take a…
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Use filters when printing details of death
Did you know that David White’s family was told that he died on impact because of his accident and not from drowning? How low can you go? Please use filters…
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Project aims to call attention to starvation
Those working on The Cross Project had trouble grasping that number, as well, for how does one visualize 19,000 children dying on a daily basis from something that can be…
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Truth is offered in prayer for our nation
“Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask your forgiveness and seek your direction and guidance. We know your word says, ‘Woe to those who call evil good,’ but…
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Do not print anything about homosexuality
His suggestion not to print every letter to the editor needs to be expanded to include excluding all pictures, articles, news releases and all other material of any kind referring…
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Recycling rules confusing for county residents
How will we be charged for a more modest and realistic amount? Many of us are already paying for trash pickup and could easily just give up recycling and dump…
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Revenue must be the reason for the bag tax
There must be some reason that the councilors are so intent on passing a bag tax. It has to be the revenue: If it’s anything else, it would either be…
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Reusable bags pose plethora of health risks
Infected ticks and fleas can hitch a ride on a cat or dog from the forest, and prairie dogs at times have proven to carry Rocky Mountain spotted fever and…
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Our mayor flaunts a questionable agenda
White is a strong supporter of sustainability efforts and is linked to groups such as the Sustainability Alliance of Southwest Colorado and the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives. White…
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Use Facebook to tell city ‘no’ to bag fee
I, for one, would do more of my shopping in Farmington where I can get bags with no additional tax and avoid Durango’s absurd and regressive sales tax on food.…
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We still know nothing about Benghazi
What kind of commander in chief has the American people elected? What kind of leaders have the American public elected to the Senate and the House of Representatives? And what…
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Time slipping away to enjoy new technology
TV shows and movies change fast, and someone with limited time off (work, school, a second job, etc.) has trouble trying to catch up on the newest releases. Entertainment through…
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Question draws on skateboarding stereotypes
The local skate park in Durango was dedicated to my son after his death in a car accident. Since then, I have hosted, along with the city of Durango and…
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Visitor found reporter’s service exemplary
Unable to obtain any further information from the nursing home, I decided to call the Herald to seek obituary information. A very pleasant, courteous and professional lady named Ann Butler…
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Fight over bag ban is surprising
I come from a city that has had a ban on plastic bags for quite a long time and in 2014 a complete ban will be in effect on the…
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Get over it and just ban the plastic bags
I believe if residents of the city and county were responsible folks when it came to regarding our natural resources and environment, we would not need any government intervention. Laws…
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Ridiculous to frame skateboarding as crime
No one would ever say that baseball players should be restricted to the park, and yet I can say from experience that a baseball to the face doesn’t exactly tickle.…