The Thrift Savings Plan demonstrates the destruction of our economy. This quarter, all funds, except the G Fund, are losing by an average of -16.37%. Horrible for retirement funds. To…
Since the Language Police have made it illegal to use the word “homeless” and replaced it with “unhoused,” why do you use the term “homelessness?” You repeatedly use the term…
Why hasn’t Boebert been charged for tweeting, ”We need to terminate this presidency.” Isn’t she asking someone to shoot President Biden? John Hopkins Durango
Do you remember when your grade-school teachers wanted you to feel like you were part of a decision? They came up with a few things they wanted you to do…
I noted that the county turned off the clock chimes downtown this summer (boo!) in response to a few complaints. It is too bad nothing is being done to address…
Not that many years ago, the city had plans to repair downtown sidewalks. Somebody in city management decided that before the sidewalk repair work was to begin, the city needed…
Durango Fire Protection District, Durango City Council, La Plata County, Bureau of Land Management, San Juan National Forest officials: Please, you are obligated to let the residents of Durango know…
RE: The editorial on Wednesday, “International teachers good hires.” Both my wife and I are retired international educators. We earned our degrees, a bachelor’s degree and master’s degree, in the…
I have strived to understand the continued attachment of many conservatives to the gifted demagogue former President Donald Trump and his election lie by talking to Trump supporters. The secret…
I actually live outside of Durango city limits. My wife and I buy “stuff” in Durango and frequent the restaurants in town. Why not spend the extra funds from the…
My take on Democratic Party logic. Shut down the timber industry in the Northwest to protect the nesting spotted owl. Stop pipeline construction in the Midwest to protect the nesting…
Extremists are appearing at doorsteps of law abiding Colorado citizens and bullying people regarding the supposedly settled 2020 election. Is their goal to scare away voters that disagree with their…
A live Jan. 6 hearing in June included one young former aide, Cassidy Hutchinson, to former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, allegedly a co-conspirator in the insurrection. This…
I love Durango’s historical Main Avenue with its wide sidewalks, mature trees, historical buildings, four lanes of traffic that make is accessible and parking along the curbs. It is a…
In 1980, I was a 10-year-old Durango kid who loved riding horses, reading books and learning foreign languages. Sometime during that year, some investor opened the Durango Mall. My family…
Dear citizens of Durango, Couldn’t we possibly do something about our long-neglected weedy entrance triangle at our most wonderful continuous flow intersection of Highways 160 and 550? It really is…
The Supreme Court termination of health care for women is an attack on the profession of medicine as well as an attack on women and girls. How can it be…
The editorial on prioritizing parking in the July 15 edition is spot on and overdue. In city planning and actions, there has been far more emphasis on bicycle and pedestrian…
The editorial on July 6, “Cheney shines light on lie,” was indeed accurate, especially in the next to last paragraph, “we can’t tolerate any longer the lie that has ripped…
In the just completed primary election, Jim Candelaria ran on his record during his current term as commissioner. Given that he only won by 72 votes, it would appear that…
Speaking as a longtime Durango local, I absolutely love the chime and believe it should never be silenced. Keep it going year-round! Steve Underwood Durango
A letter-writer on June 29 lamented the “name-calling” that has labeled people who deny the results of the 2020 election as “election deniers.” So despite the fact that it seems…
Durango’s next step: Build a parking garage! How many parking studies, traffic studies, etc., does it take to persuade the City of Durango that it should seriously consider a parking…
I live next to a hay field near Pastorius Reservoir. Earlier in the year, I was told by my landlord they would be spraying the nearly 2 dozen acres with…
This year, 17 new fees were passed, totaling a staggering $776,832,144. No, your eyes are not playing a trick on you. That number is three-quarters of a billion dollars to…
I was quite perplexed as to why The Durango Herald thought the guest column “Read this before taking up hockey,” written by a basketball coach, was funny while it completely…
I’m proud of Congresswoman Lauren Boebert for her unwavering support of our Second Amendment rights. Boebert is correct that it is our constitutional right to keep and bear arms and…
U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert’s recent comment, featuring the separation of church and state as junk, is astounding! Doesn’t she realize that women struggled over a century for suffrage? That women…
Recreational wolf hunting must never happen! Wolves are intelligent, social animals. Pack structures, prey and territorialism combine to regulate wild wolf populations. Science indicates that there is no need to…
Let’s see some of this administration’s achievements that “Biden is better than average,” a headline from an editorial in May. In the handling of Afghanistan, America has lost credibility abroad.…
