Opinion & Letters to the Editor

Seeking communication on facility remodel
Letters to the Editor

Seeking communication on facility remodel

July 14, 2017

In that letter, I asked the commissioners to explain these unethical acts. After more than ample time, unanswered emails and no phone calls, we the taxpayers still do not have…

Trumpcare takes ‘care’ out of healthcare
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Trumpcare takes ‘care’ out of healthcare

July 13, 2017

The best healthcare is about providers who can listen. It is about offering help and hope to the ill and the depressed. It is about compassion for those whose diseases…

Fix problems with ACA for all Americans
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Fix problems with ACA for all Americans

July 13, 2017

It is hard to understand the self-centered health care proposals that the Republican leadership is proposing. I am reminded of the line in the Gospel that should be a guiding…

Demand support for carbon dividends
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Demand support for carbon dividends

July 12, 2017

Should we be proud of this fact? Yes! Then why are we so wedded to the past when it comes to energy? Fact: 373,000 Americans worked in solar energy last…

Eulogizing Durango’s loss of food outlets
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Eulogizing Durango’s loss of food outlets

July 12, 2017

If I’m dying for a blizzard, Do I contact Mr. Wizard? Or do I drive to New Mexico? And if I want a chicken dinner (the finger-lickin’ was a winner),…

Morris: A cost too high
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Morris: A cost too high

July 10, 2017

These cuts will severely reduce income to health facilities and result in lost jobs across sectors. The cuts will also come at a severe cost to the state budget. Health…

Artwork may feature noxious weeds
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Artwork may feature noxious weeds

July 10, 2017

I’m wondering if the artist created the artwork from an actual photograph or her imagination? It immediately struck me that the “sea of wildflowers” looked suspiciously like the invasive species…

It’s time to stand up for the Arctic refuge
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It’s time to stand up for the Arctic refuge

July 10, 2017

The refuge is one of our nation’s most iconic and wild public lands. The tranquility and solitude that exists there can be found almost nowhere else on earth. For hunters,…

Standing up to adult bullies for all citizens
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Standing up to adult bullies for all citizens

July 8, 2017

To them I say, “Shame on you. Have you no decency?” The isn’t Nazi Germany or 1950s McCarthyism. Or is this what things are coming to with a president who…

Don’t blame ICE for doing its proper job
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Don’t blame ICE for doing its proper job

July 8, 2017

It seems America has become the nation of lawlessness. Why? Because our people, many who are often “supposed Christians” support lawlessness. In fact some embrace it. The reason Rosa Sabido…

First Amendment is key to our freedom
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First Amendment is key to our freedom

July 8, 2017

du1-i-syn I have always enjoyed reading the Herald, and like my friends who lean both left and right, I don’t always agree with everything that is written in the paper.…

Support from community overwhelming
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Support from community overwhelming

July 8, 2017

Our family was displaced by the fire in our townhomes on June 14. We have received with open arms the abundant sympathy and support from family, friends and strangers. As…

I stand with Rosa in her efforts to stay
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I stand with Rosa in her efforts to stay

July 7, 2017

du1-i-syn She has renewed her immigration status annually while working through the red tape required to become a citizen. This year, the (previously routine) annual renewal of her status was…

Incidence of rape underreported in county
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Incidence of rape underreported in county

July 7, 2017

It’s possible you’re unaware of these dangers because the government tells us that violent crime is down and most rapes aren’t reported in the paper. It happens frequently and the…

Will Gardner join the roll of shame?
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Will Gardner join the roll of shame?

July 6, 2017

By a roll call vote on May 4, two hundred seventeen United States Representatives, including Ken Buck (R-CO), Doug Lamborn (R-CO) and Scott Tipton R-CO), voted to take health care…

Good news on bakery case from Colorado
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Good news on bakery case from Colorado

July 6, 2017

Supreme Court justices recently voted to hear an appeal from the owner of a Colorado bakery who refused to cater to a “wedding” of heterophobic homosexuals, and was persecuted by…

City water rates raised without election
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City water rates raised without election

July 5, 2017

The increases were advertised as a series of small, equitable increases to be able to issue debt for the Ridges Basin Water Treatment Plant, a new facility at Lake Nighthorse.…

Eliminate the healthcare middleman
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Eliminate the healthcare middleman

July 5, 2017

But now Rand Paul just stated, “We have to realize we don’t have money to support Medicare and other social security programs for retirees! At this rate, we’ll simply run…

Craig: Tipton’s “Resilient Forests Act” a guise
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Craig: Tipton’s “Resilient Forests Act” a guise

July 4, 2017

du1-i-syn Through the use of something called “categorical exclusions,” the bill would prevent any public participation and side-step any environmental analysis as required under the current National Environmental Policy Act.…

Joffe: America’s note to self
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Joffe: America’s note to self

July 4, 2017

I’ve worked for bad bosses before; I’ve been ripped off by crooks before; and I’ve believed what I wanted to be true in spite of the evidence, way too many…

The power to choose life, not despair
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The power to choose life, not despair

July 3, 2017

Over 1,600 people have attempted suicide by jumping from the Golden Gate Bridge. Only 28 survived. In an interview, each reported that two-thirds of the way down, they experienced a…

Drone a hindrance to firefighting effort
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Drone a hindrance to firefighting effort

July 1, 2017

No doubt that helped the fire to burn even more and endangered life and property. Whoever this self-centered and thoughtless individual is needs to be punished severely. Pilots can’t see…