Last year we were overrun with tourists. Ice Lakes was damaged and burned so badly, we now need supervision for it. Many of our favorite trails were overrun. Then the…
I recently woke up one morning with an idea about a way to make it happen. Why not have a trolley route dedicated to taking tourists to our local cultural…
The train station is located off County Road 200, which is a narrow, single lane in both directions, steep and winding from U.S. Highway 550, and less than a mile…
Actually, no, the left and every sensible constituent of Boebert’s is not terrified of her – we are embarrassed by her ridiculous antics. In another gem, Boebert claims, “The Left…
I have been impressed with his: spirit of public service; intelligence; relevant business experience in finance/budgeting; deep research on issues, which yields nuanced, creative options and solutions; soliciting opinions from…
Having listened to all of the candidates and interacted with several during my time on council, I feel compelled to offer the following endorsements. My opinion varies from the Herald’s…
of Durango, La Plata County explore new direction for unsheletered
Just a point of clarification: The term “unaffiliated” is a label placed on Independents by the two major parties who currently control our election system. The two parties wanted to…
But it’s time we ask ourselves if we really want to attract more visitors to the Durango area with those tax dollars or if we want to invest those same…
Three of us were kayaking on a remote river. Through my own fault, I found myself in a precarious position. I was circulating in a high-walled chamber at the bottom…
What I’ve learned is that most candidates are focused on the business needs of business – very important but with lesser, in some cases, minor concern for the issues and…
Maybe we should also take some of the local sales tax and give it to local businesses so that they also can pay for advertising? In addition, which city budget…
Anthony R. PalmerDurango
I’m a very strong advocate for the lodgers tax, just not the one we’re voting on. The idea is sound but, the percentage allocations are way off. Perhaps the needs…
Many COVID-19 shots were purchased and fast-tracked by the past administration (Operation Warp Speed). Taking credit for vaccines is not a fact, more like plagiarism. They tell us to coop…
She has demonstrated time and again that she is a very good listener, researcher and level-headed decision maker. She is an incredibly hard worker who possesses an abundance of integrity…
The major flaw is that it will be a tax increase in perpetuity. This “forever” tax increase allocates 55% to bring substantially more tourists to Durango, irrespective of impacts on…
We’ve known Seth and his wife Jody for enough years to know there is no more passionate, competent, committed duo in our community. OK, so why elect Seth? Committed to…
This is not a true representation of Durango. We need diversity on council and Jessika is the perfect person to do that. As a 39-year-old business owner and mom of…
What most people don’t realize is that Sustainable Tourism Marketing, as it’s proposed in the ballot language, is not the mechanism that will turn us into an Aspen or Breckenridge;…
Don’t forget that the decision regarding how the influx of this tax money (generated through tourism) would be shared and distributed was agreed upon by the various stakeholders involved with…
This is true. Being free from things that cause disease and death is a privilege, not a right, a privilege given to those with critical thinking skills greater than those…
I have sympathy for people who resent the mask mandate. I really bristle being told what to do or what I should believe. But this idea that our rights are…
Our hearts go out to the families and friends of the victims, and to all those traumatized in past mass shootings in our state, who are certainly re-traumatized each time…
She is an incredibly savvy, successful businesswoman and still leads with the heart and passion of a mother who genuinely cares about what is best for our community. I have…
In the March 22 League of Women Voters’ candidates’ forum, Seth Furtney said that he was such a passionate advocate of trails that he “cut a barbed wire fence.” The…
I question why no one on City Council (save Barbara Noseworthy) thought it wise, prudent and all-encompassing to have the largest percentage of the lodgers tax allocated to affordable housing…
How many more? At what point in time will unfettered supporters of the Second Amendment come to the realization that they’re overtly and regularly failing to acknowledge, respect and uphold…
