Opinion & Letters to the Editor

One step forward
Editorials

One step forward

May 10, 2019

Democrats put their majorities to work in the last session of the Legislature

Shouldn’t that unruly dog be on a leash?
Letters to the Editor

Shouldn’t that unruly dog be on a leash?

May 10, 2019

Of course, Durango is a dog town, so many people are bringing their furry friends along for hikes, runs and even bike rides. While I can’t complain about this in…

Don’t suppress independent candidates
Letters to the Editor

Don’t suppress independent candidates

May 9, 2019

The Unity Party, the Approval Voting Party, the Libertarian Party, Best Democracy, and Unite Colorado (which represents independent candidates) oppose Section 19 of House Bill 1278. If this bill becomes…

This planet is getting mighty crowded
Letters to the Editor

This planet is getting mighty crowded

May 8, 2019

I am one of many who have chosen to stand up for obtaining climate change legislation, the urgency of which was greatly reinforced by this trip. It was made clearer…

Thanks for Greg Ryder: I love you, man
Letters to the Editor

Thanks for Greg Ryder: I love you, man

May 7, 2019

Greg’s voice, a voice that evoked not only reverence for a simpler way of life and a respect for the beauties of hills and valleys and, above all, these deep…

Why is it taking so long for fire report?
Letters to the Editor

Why is it taking so long for fire report?

May 6, 2019

It is my understanding that the investigation has been done for some time and the report is completed. What I don’t understand is why it is taking so long for…

City guilty of neglecting Three Springs
Letters to the Editor

City guilty of neglecting Three Springs

May 6, 2019

For example, consider the Three Springs district of Durango and the Grandview entrance to Durango: There is no transit service to the area. It was suspended a year ago. The…

What beautiful hearts you have, Durango
Letters to the Editor

What beautiful hearts you have, Durango

May 5, 2019

We – his brother, Noel, and I – witnessed his childhood evolve into the life he lived in Durango, but you have been with him his whole adult life. He…

Zebra mussels threaten Lake Nighthorse
Letters to the Editor

Zebra mussels threaten Lake Nighthorse

May 4, 2019

This species is invasive and can destroy every living thing in a lake. When the lake is dead, they rot and die and smell. The lake becomes unusable. Even in…

Durango, stop crying in your craft beer
Letters to the Editor

Durango, stop crying in your craft beer

May 3, 2019

Definitely the theme was “woe is us.” Llewellyn’s big sadness was over the recent passage of increased restrictions on oil and gas development statewide which will negatively affect part of…

Convention centers
Editorials

Convention centers

May 3, 2019

they make sense for Cortez or Durango? It’s worth careful study.

Marsha Porter-Norton for commission
Letters to the Editor

Marsha Porter-Norton for commission

May 3, 2019

We’ve been friends and colleagues for more than 20 years. Many years ago, Marsha directed a regional nonprofit, Operation Healthy Communities. Through OHC, we worked on the Healthy Communities Index…

Michael Bennet
Editorials

Michael Bennet

May 2, 2019

Colorado senator, with a clean bill of health, makes his presidential bid

Times columnist is ignorant of the facts
Letters to the Editor

Times columnist is ignorant of the facts

May 2, 2019

New York Times columnist Charles M. Blow wrote an interesting column in the April 27 edition on the subject of what it will take for Democrat nominees to get the…

Legislators must act on plastic pollution
Letters to the Editor

Legislators must act on plastic pollution

May 2, 2019

One of the worst forms of these products is Styrofoam (polystyrene), and Americans throw away an estimated 70 million plastic foam cups annually and about one-third end up in waterways…

High CEO pay, no lunch, we need change
Letters to the Editor

High CEO pay, no lunch, we need change

May 2, 2019

Hypocrisy in our world! Women with unwanted pregnancies are forbidden by lawmakers, dictated to by religious leaders (in both cases mostly men), that abortions are not allowed, and contraceptives not…

Greg Ryder leaves a hole in our hearts
Letters to the Editor

Greg Ryder leaves a hole in our hearts

May 1, 2019

His absolute love and adoration of his wife Julie. His love of his kitty cats. Being one of the best skiers on the mountain. Golf. Music. We live in Dallas…

Herald waves patriarchal torture finger
Letters to the Editor

Herald waves patriarchal torture finger

April 30, 2019

The editorial board called out one protester’s sign [“Detention is Torture”] that I read as an announcement that the intentional suffering caused by detentions and family separations is torture ordered…

Scott Tipton must get tough with Trump
Letters to the Editor

Scott Tipton must get tough with Trump

April 29, 2019

Our entire system of elections is at risk. The very essence of democracy is at risk given the far-reaching invasion of our country’s election software, polling places, voter rolls and…

Gardner is deluded on Green New Deal
Letters to the Editor

Gardner is deluded on Green New Deal

April 29, 2019

That would not be so insulting if Gardner could actually tell his constituents what socialism is, and where in the Green New Deal such horrors lie. What he trivializes are…

It was an honor being your city councilor
Letters to the Editor

It was an honor being your city councilor

April 29, 2019

I am grateful to my fellow councilors: Sweetie Marbury, Doug Lyon, Paul Broderick, Christina Rinderle, Dean Brookie, Keith Brant, Melissa Youssef and Chris Bettin, for their commitments to the city…