Opinion & Letters to the Editor

VW’s penalties will be stiff
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VW’s penalties will be stiff

September 27, 2015

Eventually it was students and faculty at a West Virginia university who tripped them up. They discovered that Volkswagens in road use were emitting much more nitrogen oxide than specifications…

Meter technology
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Meter technology

September 27, 2015

experience with high-tech meters, Durangoans eager for re-boot

Herald should cover culture change
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Herald should cover culture change

September 26, 2015

I wonder if this had anything to do with Olivarius-McAllistar’s decision to move on. Also, I am curious as to what kind of disciplinary action (if any) has occurred for…

County testing reinforced distrust
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County testing reinforced distrust

September 26, 2015

There was an opportunity to instill trust in government. Instead, the county’s actions played into conspiracy theorists’ ludicrous idea that the EPA “did this on purpose” and demonstrated little support…

Now is the time for solutions, not fear
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Now is the time for solutions, not fear

September 26, 2015

And yet the people who call these mountains home are turning their backs on their most important resource. I can’t blame anyone for being scared or skeptical of mine reclamation,…

Brookie displays true leadership
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Brookie displays true leadership

September 26, 2015

As we’ve all learned since the Animas disaster, our river is just one of hundreds in Colorado that has been silently polluted over the past decades thanks to unaccountable mining…

Herald dropped ball on Solheim Cup
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Herald dropped ball on Solheim Cup

September 26, 2015

But you totally dropped the ball on Solheim Cup coverage. This is a huge international event with a strong patriotic component. And this year, the American women golfers overcame the…

Silverton’s Superfund thoughts irrelevant
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Silverton’s Superfund thoughts irrelevant

September 26, 2015

The Animas does not even run through Silverton, as its headwaters are south of town limits. The offending mines are north of Silverton, and the creeks that carry the pollution…

Look to future, not past for mine fix
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Look to future, not past for mine fix

September 26, 2015

After the ugly plume made its way through town, the community hit a very fragile state, affecting members of the recreational community to the small-business community. The mustard-colored water was…

Migrants everywhere deserve our help
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Migrants everywhere deserve our help

September 26, 2015

It is imperative that a peaceful solution be found for Syria itself. That will take strong diplomatic action on the part of the U.S., Europe and Russia, but the issue…

Death needed to fix Camino crossings?
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Death needed to fix Camino crossings?

September 26, 2015

Durango quickly needs to install a safer way for everyone to use the roadway, including pedestrians. I know I am not the only one to have an incident like this,…

Sage-grouse
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Sage-grouse

September 26, 2015

Federal decision recognizes collaborative efforts to protect bird

Stakeholders should be open, accessible
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Stakeholders should be open, accessible

September 24, 2015

He complains stakeholders downstream are bashing the residents of Silverton: “(Silverton) has its own pristine drinking water sources and has no need for irrigation water because there is no agriculture…

Term limits
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Term limits

September 24, 2015

Lengthening terms was one idea advanced by nonprofit in Durango

Shutdown politics
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Shutdown politics

September 23, 2015

Punishing Planned Parenthood threatens basic governance

Rain barrels benefit downstream users
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Rain barrels benefit downstream users

September 23, 2015

Surely this is a much more direct delivery of this extra water to downstream users than hoping it will flow through the ground without first evaporating or being lost to…

Oppose the plan to allow exporting oil
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Oppose the plan to allow exporting oil

September 23, 2015

The impacts are already dramatic in Alaska, but here in Colorado it’s happening, too. We are seeing a growing trend of reduced snowpack and we’ve just experienced yet another of…

Climate change is happening today
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Climate change is happening today

September 22, 2015

In Colorado, we are contending with longer and more destructive wildfire seasons, reduced snowpack and increased incidence of respiratory disease. Research from the Union of Concerned Scientists and a climate…

Compliments to the Herald, Ballantines
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Compliments to the Herald, Ballantines

September 22, 2015

Then, on Sept. 17, I watched the Denver Broncos game, and it was over after 9 p.m., and the Durango Herald had an article in the next day’s paper about…

Negative factor
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Negative factor

September 22, 2015

Supreme Court chooses to go along with the Legislature’s budgetary trickery

City budget
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City budget

September 21, 2015

Council will study proposed revenue, spending plan for 2016

Planned Parenthood another serial killer
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Planned Parenthood another serial killer

September 21, 2015

This comes from an organization that tells young, scared, pregnant girls that their child is “just a blob of tissue.” I have news, you can’t donate brains and hearts, lungs…

Get government to look into gas prices
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Get government to look into gas prices

September 20, 2015

The federal plus state tax on gas 41 cents per gallon in Colorado versus 37 cents in Arizona. So where’s the justification on the 55 cent difference? When I read…

Allow beer and wine in grocery stores
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Allow beer and wine in grocery stores

September 20, 2015

A vast majority of states have allowed full-strength beer and wine sales in grocery stores for years. And as the craft beer segment in general represents the largest share and…

Kids and parks
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Kids and parks

September 20, 2015

Federal program gives fourth-graders a yearlong pass to national parks

Weak trails attracting only old people
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Weak trails attracting only old people

September 19, 2015

If you want bicycle tourism, build trails with flow, berms, jumps, challenging rollers and technical features. The “Chapman flow trail” is a joke with brake-jacking corners (exactly Trails 2000’s style).…