Opinion & Letters to the Editor

Letters: Wolves are just looking for a fair shake
Letters to the Editor

Letters: Wolves are just looking for a fair shake

September 11, 2020

Perry also questions whether we should be concerned about the impact of wolves on Southwest Colorado elk populations. Most western Colorado elk management units are at or above Colorado Parks…

Letters: Turns out that Hillary Clinton was right!
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Letters: Turns out that Hillary Clinton was right!

September 11, 2020

It turns out that Hillary Clinton was correct! The commander in chief’s followers are indeed deplorables. Maybe we should send them to the nearest front line to see if they…

Letters: Charly Minkler is just trying to trick us
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Letters: Charly Minkler is just trying to trick us

September 10, 2020

Another example of not being trustworthy is his chameleon party affiliation. He was a Republican for ages. Fine, if that’s your value system, claim it. He then switched to a…

Letters: Commission candidate proposes truce
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Letters: Commission candidate proposes truce

September 10, 2020

There are many important issues in La Plata County’s future such as housing affordability, economic development and the urban-rural divide. Some combination of the four of us will be helping…

Letters: Local Republicans should be ashamed
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Letters: Local Republicans should be ashamed

September 9, 2020

The same La Plata County Republican Party that used to send mailers to its members encouraging them to request a mail-in ballot – what do they have to say about…

Letters: Diane Mitsch Bush is lying about me
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Letters: Diane Mitsch Bush is lying about me

September 9, 2020

On April 21, 2018, she sent a tweet: “I absolutely support Medicare for All.” She followed that on May 3, 2018: “The majority of Americans … are looking for more…

Letters: The poor dog, with the Trump supporters
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Letters: The poor dog, with the Trump supporters

September 8, 2020

Shame on her for keeping her dog in the midst of such danger for so darn long. She should have been a responsible animal owner and departed at the first…

Letters: No one wants to be a snitch, but …
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Letters: No one wants to be a snitch, but …

September 8, 2020

No one wants to be a snitch but with a lack of official enforcement, how are we to know where to shop? I would support a list of non-complying businesses,…

Letters: Unmasked man in grocery store must go
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Letters: Unmasked man in grocery store must go

September 7, 2020

Self-quarantining at the grocery store without covering his mouth and nose! Such idiotic behavior obviously defeats the purposes of contact tracing and isolation. It’s precisely this mindless lack of consideration…

Our view: The first Labor Day parade – they all smoked cigars
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Our view: The first Labor Day parade – they all smoked cigars

September 7, 2020

Women’s Auxiliary Typographical Union float, Labor Day parade, New York City, Sept. 6, 1909.Courtesy of <a href="https://www.loc.gov/item/97519074/">Library of Congress</a> In 1869, a handful of men, among them Philadelphia tailors, founded…

Letters: Instead of the bridge, pay teachers more
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Letters: Instead of the bridge, pay teachers more

September 5, 2020

Our teachers, who are guiding our next generation of leaders, have been forced to take a pay cut. In these unprecedented times, could we please be sure our teachers have…

Letters: I’d like more editorials about Trump
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Letters: I’d like more editorials about Trump

September 5, 2020

For example, recently, President Trump installed a mega-donor confederate as postmaster general, and this fellow fired 23 key executives in the Postal Service, evidently to facilitate Trump’s project of slowing…

Endorsements: No on family and medical leave
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Endorsements: No on family and medical leave

September 4, 2020

Most employers and employees in the state would combine to fund a pool that would be distributed to those who want to take paid time off – 12 weeks maximum…

Letters: If only Democrats believed in democracy
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Letters: If only Democrats believed in democracy

September 4, 2020

That kind of thinking has resulted in Durango having three commissioners, and districts 1 and 3 are underrepresented. District 1 Commissioner Clyde Church lost in the geographic district by more…

Letters: It’s the wrong time to politicize climate
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Letters: It’s the wrong time to politicize climate

September 4, 2020

Climate models offer the only way to understand the consequences of burning fossil fuels. But the warming is documented by measurement, not modeling. The planet will be hotter still by…

Letters: But that’s not what really scares me
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Letters: But that’s not what really scares me

September 4, 2020

However, what scares me about Trump is that he has total control of his base and has many of them brainwashed. They believe he can do no wrong and blindly…

Letters: What’s inside counts more than a holster
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Letters: What’s inside counts more than a holster

September 3, 2020

As a straight-shooter, Diane Mitsch Bush is clear that she supports the Second Amendment. And, like the majority of both Republicans and Democrats, she believes in common-sense gun ownership. Her…

Letters: Motorcycle rally organizers don’t care
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Letters: Motorcycle rally organizers don’t care

September 2, 2020

Allowing a street party is lunacy; I don’t care what the Harley shop owners say, there is no way to enforce social distancing. This event imperils Durango! Organizers of Snowdown…