Opinion & Letters to the Editor

Letters: Spend for park, not controversial bridge
Letters to the Editor

Letters: Spend for park, not controversial bridge

February 14, 2020

Do we use the money for a controversial bridge, which many oppose, or do we buy Buckley Park from the 9-R school district, thus preserving a bit of urban open…

Letters: This is why I give time to Mercy
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Letters: This is why I give time to Mercy

February 13, 2020

This statement, published in 1882, is as meaningful today as it was then. I think back to 1996, my first year to volunteer with Hospice of Mercy, and the importance…

Letters: Please caucus for climate and Romanoff
Letters to the Editor

Letters: Please caucus for climate and Romanoff

February 13, 2020

Bill McKibben of 350.org has identified this primary as the most significant race this entire year for the climate! The Sunrise Movement has endorsed Andrew Romanoff. Please update your party…

Letters: More could be done to combat blight
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Letters: More could be done to combat blight

February 12, 2020

Our once beautiful historic East Third Avenue and surrounding neighborhoods are deteriorating. While there are some lovely, stately properties, there are more homes in sad disrepair. Many of our neighbors…

Letters: Mercy stays at the top of quality ratings
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Letters: Mercy stays at the top of quality ratings

February 12, 2020

In Medicare’s most recent data release, in January, 2020, Mercy received a five-star rating, the only hospital in the Four Corners to earn it. More impressively, this marks Mercy’s fifth…

Letters: Trump is a wise and awesome president
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Letters: Trump is a wise and awesome president

February 11, 2020

And he’s right, yet another example of his awesome wisdom. Well, here’s an idea President Awesome Wisdom might have missed: America is very nicely supplied with what might well be…

Letters: Our American democracy has expired
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Letters: Our American democracy has expired

February 11, 2020

“The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful and virtuous.” American democracy, RIP. Paula DahlkeDurango

Letters: Trump has my vote
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Letters: Trump has my vote

February 11, 2020

No other president has done so much on his list of what he said was going to do. Sure, he is a bit brash, but all in all, results speak…

Letters: Cancel the bridge and buy Buckley Park
Letters to the Editor

Letters: Cancel the bridge and buy Buckley Park

February 11, 2020

But we don’t have to. Why not take the $4 million being planned for unpopular bridges and use it to buy the school property? The popular park could continue to…

Letters: City must kill East Second Avenue building
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Letters: City must kill East Second Avenue building

February 10, 2020

First, it is going to change the street parking conditions of the neighborhood, causing problems for residents and their guests. Second, it is just the wrong architectural design for the…

Letters: Population column should run monthly
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Letters: Population column should run monthly

February 10, 2020

The incredible shrinking Herald does itself and its readers no favors by cutting down on publication of insightful, locally penned work such as Dr. Grossman’s. Please resume monthly publication of…

Letters: Spend bridge money to buy Buckley Park
Letters to the Editor

Letters: Spend bridge money to buy Buckley Park

February 10, 2020

Buckley Park. If one looks only at the issue of how to benefit the most people with public money, Buckley Park is the clear winner. Sell the administration building, keep…

Letters: Boondoggle bridge needs a good rethink
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Letters: Boondoggle bridge needs a good rethink

February 9, 2020

Surely, there must be a more reasonable solution. What would be the problem with a trail underpass such as at Ninth Street? I have used that part of the trail…

Letters: Who’s really behind Tipton?
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Letters: Who’s really behind Tipton?

February 9, 2020

For example, according to the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics, Rep. Scott Tipton received nearly a third of his last election funding, a whopping $463,000, from the banking, finance and…

Letters: Socialists will shape nation with force
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Letters: Socialists will shape nation with force

February 9, 2020

A hallmark of socialist leaders is they proclaim they will Make America Great. According to our Founders, our president must never be allowed enough power to Make America Great. Some…

Letters: Where the bridge money should be spent
Letters to the Editor

Letters: Where the bridge money should be spent

February 9, 2020

I have lived in the vicinity of the 32nd Street corridor for over 15 years. I have traveled the corridor at least twice a day for that entire time. It…

Letters: Congress should be voting anonymously
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Letters: Congress should be voting anonymously

February 8, 2020

If impeachment verdicts were submitted by simply marking a Yes or No, without identifying your name or party affiliation, the president, constituents, newscasters and anyone else would not be able…

Letters: A chance to shape wildlife management
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Letters: A chance to shape wildlife management

February 8, 2020

Any of those false claims made in an effort to demonize wolves can be refuted, but I’ll pick just one: that wolves have caused the decline of moose in Wyoming.…

Letters: Durango’s filled with socialists and losers
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Letters: Durango’s filled with socialists and losers

February 7, 2020

Except the prime minister of Denmark, Mette Frederiksen, called him out on that, saying Denmark does not have a socialist economy and to quit saying that because it’s hurting their…

Council should lead by banning plastic
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Council should lead by banning plastic

February 7, 2020

Plastics emit dangerous toxins, including phthalates and bisphenols, which are endocrine disruptors. This means that they interfere with normal hormone function and can affect the reproductive, metabolic and neurologic systems,…

Letters: Please move forward with this bridge!
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Letters: Please move forward with this bridge!

February 7, 2020

The proposed new pedestrian bridge at 32nd Street is likely to result in that normal response. The new structure will require adjustment, but there are many good reasons to build…

Letters: Here’s how to dunk pro-bridge position
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Letters: Here’s how to dunk pro-bridge position

February 7, 2020

I agree with the assessment of many citizens that this bridge, actually three bridges as shown in the rendering published in The Herald, are an abomination. I question the safety…