Letters to the Editor

Protect reproductive health care
Opinion

Protect reproductive health care

March 18, 2022

I worked in reproductive health care as a registered nurse in abortion care for approximately six-plus years. I took care of Texas women during the COVID-19 pandemic who were seeking…

Miller rebuild to displace Shared School
Opinion

Miller rebuild to displace Shared School

March 18, 2022

Durango School District 9-R released the plans to rebuild Miller Middle School. The bond language said they were going to rebuild Miller to address the educational needs of the students.…

Justice Thomas ‘can’t be trusted’
Opinion

Justice Thomas ‘can’t be trusted’

March 18, 2022

Well, I want to thank all the journalists who brought to light the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. Ginni Thomas was at the Jan. 6 attack on the…

Dangerous game of chicken on Colorado River
Opinion

Dangerous game of chicken on Colorado River

March 18, 2022

Seven Western states and their leaders – all depending on water from the Colorado River – remain divided. Roerinkcca Split into basins by an imaginary border at Lees Ferry, Arizona,…

‘Reimagine’ parking structure, traffic flow
Opinion

‘Reimagine’ parking structure, traffic flow

March 16, 2022

City leaders are asking citizens to reimagine a new and improved downtown. Soon the council will give its nod to one of four conceptual designs all with the common denominator…

Hypocrisy the mantra for Colo. politics
Opinion

Hypocrisy the mantra for Colo. politics

March 16, 2022

Thank you, Bob Gramera, for standing up for President Trump (letter, March 12). Hypocrisy is apparently the mantra for politics in Colorado. Fact: Our borders need closed. Open borders put…

Navigable doesn’t mean trespass
Opinion

Navigable doesn’t mean trespass

March 14, 2022

Wednesday’s commentary by Mark Squillace and his interpretation of “navigable rivers” for fishermen sounds like an excerpt from Fox News’ Tucker Carlson’s playbook of misinformation! He suggests that fishermen should…

Putin touts The Russian Big Lie
Opinion

Putin touts The Russian Big Lie

March 14, 2022

Nearly two weeks have gone by where if there were referees overlooking the two sides fighting in Ukraine, Putin has the advantage by waving nuclear war in our face, with…

Boebert has ‘little influence in Congress’
Letters to the Editor

Boebert has ‘little influence in Congress’

March 14, 2022

Our representative, Lauren Boebert, has become nothing more than a piddly heckler and a pusher of nonsensical conspiracies and lies. Not only is she an embarrassment to Colorado’s 3rd Congressional…

Boebert’s behavior an embarrassment
Letters to the Editor

Boebert’s behavior an embarrassment

March 13, 2022

Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene showed themselves to be not worthy of the positions they hold in our national government on Tuesday night, when they heckled President Biden as…

Pelosi disrespected Trump
Letters to the Editor

Pelosi disrespected Trump

March 13, 2022

The editorial published Wednesday, March 9, criticizing Lauren Boebert’s comment “Build the wall,” directed at President Biden in his State of the Union address, shows how the hypocrisy exhibited by…

Not a ‘crusade’ but a ‘killing invasion’
Editorials

Not a ‘crusade’ but a ‘killing invasion’

March 12, 2022

In reference to March 4, The Durango Herald’s subhead on top of the front-page reading: “Man worries for future of separatist country; others believe Putin’s crusade is justified.” It is…

Reader says don’t print unfounded opinions
Opinion

Reader says don’t print unfounded opinions

March 12, 2022

After reading the March 4 paper about the “opinions” of three women living in Durango (but formerly from Russia or Ukraine), I wondered why The Durango Herald chose to print…

‘Political gaming,’ inaction kills
Opinion

‘Political gaming,’ inaction kills

March 12, 2022

Recent intelligence indicates that if Russian President Vladimir Putin elects to attack the U.S. he is most likely to use a nuclear high-altitude EMP (electro-magnetic pulse) weapon. These weapons, exploded…

There is no going back to old Durango
Letters to the Editor

There is no going back to old Durango

March 11, 2022

Since its reconstruction in the 1990s, I’ve considered the so-called Swinging Bridge a perfect metaphor for the changes in Durango. Into the 1970s, the Swinging Bridge fairly bucked. It could…

Give carbon tax revenue to FEMA
Letters to the Editor

Give carbon tax revenue to FEMA

March 11, 2022

Andrew Zeiler’s letter to the editor (Feb. 26) needs some clarification. The current exorbitant inflation was caused by flooding the market with cash in a shorter period than suppliers we’re…

Main Avenue works; let’s not change it
Letters to the Editor

Main Avenue works; let’s not change it

March 11, 2022

The City Council has hired a consulting firm to come up with a new plan for Main Avenue. They came up with four choices, all with common features: Traffic on…

Ascent seems like a religious school
Letters to the Editor

Ascent seems like a religious school

March 9, 2022

Regarding this push to bring Ascent Classical Academy to Durango, if one digs a little deeper, ACA seems to be a religious school trying to use language that does not…

Elitist attitude is ruining Durango
Letters to the Editor

Elitist attitude is ruining Durango

March 9, 2022

I could not help but write after reading “As Durango grows and becomes more expensive, is its culture changing?” (Herald, Feb. 26). Perhaps it’s not the culture but the elitist…

Has distemper afflicted representatives?
Letters to the Editor

Has distemper afflicted representatives?

March 7, 2022

Reading Page 3A of the March 2 issue of the Herald, I was concerned to see that canine distemper has been found in local raccoons. At College Drive and East…

Enough with Boebert; back Coram
Letters to the Editor

Enough with Boebert; back Coram

March 7, 2022

Once again, and seemingly on a daily basis, our faux representative for District 3 has continued on her relentless drive to be our biggest national embarrassment. Her disgusting, juvenile, disrespectful,…

With Ukraine invasion, German leadership emerges
Letters to the Editor

With Ukraine invasion, German leadership emerges

March 7, 2022

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has shattered the productive coexistence that prevailed since the fall of the Berlin Wall. With war erupting in Ukraine, Europeans suddenly are faced with the defense…

The picture that lost an election?
Letters to the Editor

The picture that lost an election?

March 6, 2022

Could it be that the picture of Lauren Boebert heckling the president during the State of the Union address will become the clearest evidence yet of her complete unsuitability to…

Look into Sen. Coram’s background
Letters to the Editor

Look into Sen. Coram’s background

March 6, 2022

Having been redistricted out of office, Sen. Don Coram, R-Montrose, touting his ability to “reach across the aisle,” has announced his intention to oppose Rep. Lauren Boebert in the 3rd…

Rep. Boebert’s heckling was reprehensible
Letters to the Editor

Rep. Boebert’s heckling was reprehensible

March 5, 2022

What a sad day when Colorado is represented by a young woman in the U.S. House of Representatives who mocks and heckles President Biden as he delivers the State of…

It’s possible to live with wolves successfully
Letters to the Editor

It’s possible to live with wolves successfully

March 5, 2022

In 30 years of working with wolves, there is always one constant, and that is that wolf reintroduction brings up strong emotions and misinformation. Dave Gibbons’ letter (Feb. 25) proves…

Ukraine war will produce plenty of losers
Letters to the Editor

Ukraine war will produce plenty of losers

March 4, 2022

My friends, some writing in the Herald, keep saying “we must stand with Ukraine.” Trouble is, while we keep standing, the Ukrainians are being slaughtered by the big bad bear.…

Carbon tax has many advantages
Letters to the Editor

Carbon tax has many advantages

March 2, 2022

Andrew Zeiler’s letter (Feb. 26) is right on! As he says, “… inclusion of a carbon price and a citizen’s dividend, in budget reconciliation packages, has not heightened inflation and…

New city logo should be designed locally
Letters to the Editor

New city logo should be designed locally

March 2, 2022

I just read the article regarding the city of Durango updating its logo (Herald, Feb. 19). I read the city could spend several hundred thousand dollars. I think spending huge…

Democrats, participate in party caucus
Letters to the Editor

Democrats, participate in party caucus

March 1, 2022

I want to shout out to all the intrepid Democratic voters who plan to attend the Democratic caucus sessions on March 5. This year, we’ll be able to attend the…