Opinion & Letters to the Editor

Letters: Check out this fire-mitigation resource
Letters to the Editor

Letters: Check out this fire-mitigation resource

July 7, 2020

Charlie Landsman, its La Plata County coordinator, is an amazing, knowledgeable home ignition zone specialist. He works closely with a variety of partners to help individuals and communities protect property…

Our view: A day for African-American champions
Editorials

Our view: A day for African-American champions

July 6, 2020

Althea Gibson at Wimbledon, 1957du1-i-syn At the outset of the 1950s, Gibson was a formidable tennis player but she was barred by her color from competing at the U.S. tennis…

Letters: This is a reward and punishment society
Letters to the Editor

Letters: This is a reward and punishment society

July 6, 2020

Examples: someone’s great sense of entitlement, attempts at making one feel stupid, unworthy of opportunity, being incompetent, not good enough, not fast enough, too smart for some, not smart enough…

Letters: Virus could have been handled better
Letters to the Editor

Letters: Virus could have been handled better

July 6, 2020

But, in my opinion, the last to sequester, and the first to return to school and normalcy, were the children. Sitting in front of a computer for hours on end…

Letters: Fight for more equitable health care
Letters to the Editor

Letters: Fight for more equitable health care

July 5, 2020

The article goes on to add that “Although Congress mandated free coronavirus testing for uninsured persons, the order has not extended health coverage to those requiring treatment. Likewise, the congressional…

Letters: Masks and social distancing are working
Letters to the Editor

Letters: Masks and social distancing are working

July 5, 2020

I recently came from Santa Cruz County, Arizona, population 46,000, mostly rural with one larger town, very similar to La Plata County. In my experience, most people in Santa Cruz…

Letters: The bears come out and get in the trash
Letters to the Editor

Letters: The bears come out and get in the trash

July 4, 2020

The bears are out and into trash. That’s right, the bears are in the trash. Please place your trash cans out on the morning of trash pickup. Thank you. Sherri…

Our view: Racist stereotypes need to go bye-bye
Letters to the Editor

Our view: Racist stereotypes need to go bye-bye

July 3, 2020

My memories of The Chief diner and its iconic sign are less than happy. In the mid-1950s, my entire family came down with food poisoning after eating at there. The…

Letters: Vandalism is not the American way
Letters to the Editor

Letters: Vandalism is not the American way

July 3, 2020

When I wrote that law, I was thinking of the artists’ First Amendment rights to self-expression and the question of whether a painting or statue should be authorized or erected…

Letters: Opposing ‘Chief’ sign is PC run amok
Letters to the Editor

Letters: Opposing ‘Chief’ sign is PC run amok

July 2, 2020

First, it’s on private property, Meets all the silly hysterical society and city building codes. Leave it alone. I was born here, with family residences in La Plata County and…

Letters: Mask advocates becoming unpleasant
Letters to the Editor

Letters: Mask advocates becoming unpleasant

July 2, 2020

Fear has ugly effects on people. Perhaps it is just bringing what lies under the surface to the forefront and out! I was shopping and because of a serious medical…

Letters: I’ve watched police and I like what I see
Letters to the Editor

Letters: I’ve watched police and I like what I see

July 2, 2020

First was when an irate non-customer declared he had a legal right to eat his carry-out dinner at a different restaurant’s private outdoor dining area. He was told this is…

Letters: To people who bring packages, thanks
Letters to the Editor

Letters: To people who bring packages, thanks

July 1, 2020

The biggest Christmas season at my house does not even compare to the number of delivery orders I have placed in the last eight weeks. I have received many packages,…

Letters: Wearing a mask is not a punishment
Letters to the Editor

Letters: Wearing a mask is not a punishment

July 1, 2020

I have read that many people who choose not to wear a mask feel that people who are immune-compromised should just stay home. Do you know who and how many…

Letters: Has Donald Trump hit a new, new low?
Letters to the Editor

Letters: Has Donald Trump hit a new, new low?

July 1, 2020

But President Trump outdoes each of the locals. In a rambling mess of word salad that we have been normalized to accept as a presidential speech, Trump leaps upon a…

Letters: White supremacy in Durango with ‘Chief’
Letters to the Editor

Letters: White supremacy in Durango with ‘Chief’

June 30, 2020

White supremacy thrives in our institutions. Not far from the surface, we find beliefs and practices maintaining the premise of white dominance. This petition joins the protests against symbols of…

Letters: How about a win-win on ‘Chief’ sign?
Letters to the Editor

Letters: How about a win-win on ‘Chief’ sign?

June 30, 2020

Nevertheless, the design of the “Chief” seems done in the style of caricature, which is often used as a comic imitation. Perhaps this is not intended, but there are people…

Our view: FLC is ready
Editorials

Our view: FLC is ready

June 30, 2020

Lewis College, with adjustments, ably prepares for students’ return

Letters: I welcome Durango’s mask ordinance
Letters to the Editor

Letters: I welcome Durango’s mask ordinance

June 29, 2020

I applaud the city councilors for passing it, and I hope businesses enforce it. We all want the economy to get going again; we want to buy things in stores,…