Opinion & Letters to the Editor

Scott Tipton is excellent on healthcare
Letters to the Editor

Scott Tipton is excellent on healthcare

October 31, 2018

We have suffered through several years of the Affordable Care Act that punished physicians with a panoply of new regulations coupled with decreased reimbursements for their treatment of Medicare patients.…

Pine River library needs our support
Letters to the Editor

Pine River library needs our support

October 31, 2018

Despite efforts to curb expenses and preserve resources wherever possible, the Pine River library now faces a serious decline in revenue. These declines are due to the way property taxes…

Why are you not as repulsed as I am?
Letters to the Editor

Why are you not as repulsed as I am?

October 31, 2018

And he continues to denigrate your values and what you believe in. Is this consistent with your conservative values – and what your Book says to you Christians? Why are…

Check out treasurer’s qualifications
Letters to the Editor

Check out treasurer’s qualifications

October 31, 2018

Colton Black took it upon himself to challenge his opponent and stated voters have the right to transparency. I do agree with him, but I also think the public has…

Indivisible Durango makes ballot picks
Letters to the Editor

Indivisible Durango makes ballot picks

October 31, 2018

Now it is our turn. Now we vote – and we hope you’ll join us. Vote with us for candidates who believe that America is already great. Vote with your…

Ignore the wave, support Wayne Williams
Letters to the Editor

Ignore the wave, support Wayne Williams

October 31, 2018

Even if you are inclined to go with the (blue) wave, take a pause and vote for Wayne Williams. As secretary of state, Wayne has brought a non-partisan approach to…

It’s Halloween …
Editorials

It’s Halloween …

October 31, 2018

Living in frightening times, we need to remember that the holiday is for kids

Hamby is the far-right sheriff candidate
Letters to the Editor

Hamby is the far-right sheriff candidate

October 30, 2018

Interesting thought: would Hamby have protected her from his supporters? I wonder, because many of his largest financial donations come from avowed ultra conservatives. His donor list, available on the…

Thank you for the gutsy endorsements
Letters to the Editor

Thank you for the gutsy endorsements

October 30, 2018

I am grateful to the editorial board of the Durango Herald for doing their homework and indicating their endorsements. I may not always agree, yet your choices challenge me to…

Jones is not the independent he claims
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Jones is not the independent he claims

October 30, 2018

In response to a question about soft money in the 2018 campaign, he said his campaign was not using any such funds. In fact, an organization called Unite Colorado has…

Aichele far superior for county treasurer
Letters to the Editor

Aichele far superior for county treasurer

October 30, 2018

Allison Aichele’s MBA and accounting degrees, plus her background in large corporate financial controls, plus her performance as our county treasurer, add up to the competence we need. Her opponent’s…

Aichele falsely claims accomplishments
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Aichele falsely claims accomplishments

October 30, 2018

In public forums, Aichele has claimed she is responsible for taking the treasurer’s office from paper and typewriters to technical proficiency. However, our county’s budget (which she should be familiar…

Scared Democrats smearing Paul Jones
Letters to the Editor

Scared Democrats smearing Paul Jones

October 30, 2018

That’s why the “Our Colorado Values” Super PAC launched a six-figure campaign attacking the organization I run, Unite Colorado, as a “shady out-of-state” group supporting Jones. Truth is, Unite Colorado…

Your editorial was extremely offensive
Letters to the Editor

Your editorial was extremely offensive

October 30, 2018

To trivialize the importance of the upcoming election by comparing political yard signs to inflatable reindeer is naive, simplistic and irresponsible. Your tongue-in-cheeck perspective (“planet Partisanship,” “a political yard sign…

Is the Herald a Ballantine marionette?
Letters to the Editor

Is the Herald a Ballantine marionette?

October 30, 2018

I typically value a newspaper editorial endorsement because it delves deeper than the shallow back-and-forth of our current discourse. Your endorsement was fatally simplistic and astoundingly shallow. It lacked intellectual…

Tell city: come back with better tax plan
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Tell city: come back with better tax plan

October 30, 2018

So here we are seven years later and the city is only now addressing this important problem? Where have city officials been all this time, especially considering that they promoted…

Mitsch Bush is not extreme, she’s good
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Mitsch Bush is not extreme, she’s good

October 30, 2018

Finding out that Diane was awarded “Legislator of the Year” by both the Colorado Livestock Association and the Rocky Mountain Farm Bureau would likely surprise people if all they’ve seen…

Aichele has all the treasurer credentials
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Aichele has all the treasurer credentials

October 29, 2018

I note that Black holds licenses in Series 6, 65 and 63. I worked on Wall Street for a major securities firm and held Series 7, 3 and 63 licenses,…

Keep Durango affordable — no new taxes
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Keep Durango affordable — no new taxes

October 29, 2018

If ensuring that all Durangoans can afford to live here for the next few decades is important, reject this excessive and unnecessary tax increase. The $250-$300 million dollar tax proposal…

City tax-increase request is fatally vague
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City tax-increase request is fatally vague

October 29, 2018

I have worked in the transportation construction industry for 45-plus years and generally support funding for transportation and infrastructure improvements. I cannot support 2A which states its entire transportation mission,…

I am voting for the geek: Allison Aichele
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I am voting for the geek: Allison Aichele

October 29, 2018

Colton Black uses this strategy of distraction. He’d like to tell us he’s a “rancher” and that his family’s roots go back five generations; that somehow that qualifies him to…

Diane Mitsch Bush will listen to us
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Diane Mitsch Bush will listen to us

October 29, 2018

But the bottom line is that I am deeply disappointed in Tipton’s communication. I’ve tried to reach him to voice my concerns, and I have received no response back. No…

Amendment 74 could lay waste to us
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Amendment 74 could lay waste to us

October 29, 2018

The language may sound like it was written to protect property owners, but let’s be clear – it was crafted by special interest groups to overwhelm our local governments with…

Attacks on Jared Polis are anti-Semitic
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Attacks on Jared Polis are anti-Semitic

October 29, 2018

This pro-Stapleton group, Better Colorado Now, has utilized anti-Semitic overtones to try and steer voters away from Jared Polis, a disgustingly low move by Better Colorado Now. For starters, they…

Back in the saddle
Editorials

Back in the saddle

October 28, 2018

Planning, big-picture thinking and a lot of hard work brought races to town

Let’s keep Brad Blake, he’s doing great
Letters to the Editor

Let’s keep Brad Blake, he’s doing great

October 28, 2018

Brad Blake has a good working relationship with his fellow commissioners and is respected by them. He represents his constituents fairly and courteously. It’s important to re-elect Brad Blake, a…

74 only good for lawyers, corporations
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74 only good for lawyers, corporations

October 28, 2018

Like spoiled children, oil and gas is saying, ”If you’re gonna restrict our operations in any way, we’re gonna make your governments (and ultimately the taxpayers) pay through the nose…

Suing train over fire is bad for tourism
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Suing train over fire is bad for tourism

October 27, 2018

First, the cause of the fire has not been determined. Second, if the civil suits cause the train to go out of business, everyone in Durango and Silverton will suffer.…

We all want the same things, don’t we?
Letters to the Editor

We all want the same things, don’t we?

October 27, 2018

In these polarized time, we need to come together as Coloradans. I believe that we need to solve our problems, not demonize each other. I do not see Republicans as…