Editorials
Our view: Nobody tells us what to do
Americans called to sacrifice business in WWII at first said, ‘No thanks’
Opinion & Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor
Letters: Bring train departures back to downtown
It seems it would be in everyone’s best interest in Durango to return the train back to downtown where it belongs – and with it the tourists who frequent the…
Editorials
Our view: Amber Blake should withdraw now and let Council heartily choose Jose Madrigal
Blake should withdraw and let council heartily choose Jose Madrigal
Letters to the Editor
Letters: Hey, if you want to complain, stay home!
Thank you so much for feeling entitled enough to use someone else’s property without permission and to then write about it in our local paper! I was taught when I…
Letters to the Editor
Letters: It’s what I needed to hear at BLM rally
I heard things I needed to hear and learned things I needed to learn. The three young women who led the rally were thoughtful in their message, welcoming of the…
Letters to the Editor
Letters: Protesters should be wearing masks
The counterprotesters shouting “USA,” wearing guns on their hips, holding flags, presumably to say, we are the real Americans. Noticeably absent, however, was one face mask. Why is that? In…
Editorials
Our view: What ever happened to fun?
times so tough there’s no place for romantic comedy anymore?
Letters to the Editor
Letters: Cyclist finds Durango unfriendly, selfish
I took off my helmet and placed it with my empty backpack on a car in the area where I was waiting. Then I heard a young woman close a…
Letters to the Editor
Letters: Police should be enforcing mask order
Perhaps she let her anger get the best of her but there seems to be a disturbing pattern in our community, as the story about her appeared beside another incident…
Letters to the Editor
Letters: Sad watching Bettin, Youssef on City Council
Sure, there is supposed public comment, but I believe the decision is made given they allowed Blake to be vetted and be a candidate at the last minute. Why did…
Editorials
Our view: ‘I went up and hit him in the face because I felt threatened,’ she said
A snake bites because it feels threatened. People use reason
Letters to the Editor
Letters: Liberals and leftists not at all the same
Liberals say it is insignificant if you are Black, white, Hispanic or Indigenous. They say only a racist would claim the race of a person matters. We should all be…
Letters to the Editor
Letters: Please, please, where is enforcement?
I would gladly volunteer to hand out flyers and masks to noncomplying visitors. Where is the enforcement? Anybody else out there worried about visiting our own downtown area? I am…
Editorials
Our view: Is it live or is it music?
du1-i-syn Yet it was still the case, circa 1910, that if one wanted to truly hear music, nothing topped a live performance. Gramophone records – 78 rpm shellac discs –…
Letters to the Editor
Letters: Madrigal opponents reveal prejudice
Why is a Hispanic guy from Texas less qualified than anyone else? I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard in my life, “Go back to Mexico.” I’m from…
Letters to the Editor
Letters: Jose Madrigal is best for city manager
Jose Madrigal is a finalist and has a very impressive city government background. He was the deputy city manager for McKinney, Texas, a city about nine times larger than Durango…
Letters to the Editor
Letters: Just what are Brookie and Bettin up to?
Then Brookie and Bettin lobbied for hiring Greg Caton to be city manager. Caton is a close friend of Ron LeBlanc, the past city manager. Caton has a poor track…
Editorials
Our view: Who benefited from the 19th Amendment?
centenary of the 19th Amendment brings questions along with celebration
Letters to the Editor
Letters: I can see clearly now – end the rhetoric
We’d also jump smilingly into the fact that we all were created equal and that getting rid of COVID-19 means we follow the rules we already know … period. I’m…
Letters to the Editor
Letters: If Trump’s your guy, don’t be surprised
I suppose if one approves of trillions in tax breaks to corporate America, the rich, and the super-rich (did I leave anyone out?), at the expense of the rest of…
Letters to the Editor
Letters: Yes on National Popular Vote this fall
In front of every Colorado voter this fall will be an innovative way to expand the voting rights of every Coloradan and American. It is called Proposition 113, or the…
Editorials
Our view: Time for Jose Madrigal
Durango has gone almost a year without a city manager. The solution is in sight
Letters to the Editor
Letters: Jose Madrigal’s right for next city manager
The city manager left after an ethics complaint was filed. The past finance manager was arrest for embezzling over $700,000. The 2020 city budget was full of errors amounting to…
Letters to the Editor
Letters: We can get a better person than a Texan
Steve, a local legend, made me smile, again. Blake has risen from within city administration and has proven her skills in adapting to changing roles. I admire her for that.…
Letters to the Editor
Letters: From a peace walker to a freedom rider
I ask, whose liberties? As we all exercise our constitutional rights, is that not patriotic? We march in peace but are met with terror. As we are called the f-word…
Letters to the Editor
Letters: All should have followed the guidelines
With rights and freedom come obligations for the common good. To be able to fight the virus, we all should have followed the scientific guidelines of wearing personal protection, social…
Letters to the Editor
Letters: Trump is turning the U.S. into Venezuela
It’s what happened in Venezuela. President Nicolás Maduro stacked the courts, then stole the election with his troops everywhere. And now his country has run out of everything including toilet…
Editorials
Our view: Michael Phelps was golden
du1-i-syn On Aug. 10, 2008, Michael Phelps, 23, stepped up to his block at the pool at the Beijing Olympics for the finals in the men’s 400 meter individual medley…
Letters to the Editor
Letters: Troops sent to cities good for economy?
As soon as the Ku Klux Klan, the Boogaloo Brothers and such realize they can dress for battle without any personal or unit identification, they will be out there saving…