Opinion & Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor
Top 10 just caused more heartbreak
As these families struggle through their first holiday season without their loved ones, you bring the horror of how they were taken from them to life and stab them in…
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Standardized tests undermine education
I think it is time we re-examine this approach to educating our youths. In the process, let’s encourage music, art, free time and other activities that enhance creativity, resourcefulness and…
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Health department is caring community
Lisa Barrett, program manager for care-coordination services, San Juan Basin Health Department Durango
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Recap sensationalized tragedy again
When did the number of hits to a newspaper’s online site become the basis to judge what’s affecting the local community? Equating website hits to real local impact is not…
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Child-support story was a good start
A story about a spouse with financial means who refuses to offer equitable child support should be reported also. Our court system allows unethical divorce attorneys to rob children. These…
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City plowing scheme a clever scam
Then, according to the story in the Jan. 3 Herald, we are informed that, although the city has sabotaged our hard work, the code-enforcement officer can come along and place…
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Herald violated ethics with crash story
Not only is the Herald’s decision to post this video a blatant deviation from ethics, it is quite simply cruel and inhumane to the surviving spouses and children. The Herald…
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Thanks to those who clear sidewalks
The homeowners and renters who don’t keep their sidewalks clear make it impossible for walkers and wheelchairs to safely pass by. So to those of you who clear your sidewalks,…
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Now is the only moment in our lives
I speak to prisoners about spirituality at the local halfway house. After the end of a lecture, one big bad boy came up to me trembling and said, “I’m a…
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Helping veterans through sustainable ag
Now, we have a new agriculture project we wish to share with the public and ask your help to deliver our vision of supporting sustainable agriculture practice, specifically for stopping…
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Ghost ponds really were there
Tailings ponds, circa 1957, were constructed by Vanadium Corporation of America on the slope of Smelter mountain facing Durango, starting in 1942.Courtesy of Jerry Zink I’m telling you, they used…
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Fund housing, not unneeded airport
So what if La Plata County airport doesn’t have a Starbucks? And why is the baggage belt supposedly inadequate? No new airlines are coming into Durango, and 200,000 passengers a…
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Once great health department now gone
I was fortunate to have been employed as a registered nurse at the health department for about 10 years until moving out of town in the mid-1990s. During that time,…
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Fear grows at SJBHD, services diminish
I was later advised by San Juan Basin Health that they sought waivers from the state to discontinue many of the personal contacts with the clients while apparently forcing the…
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Herald’s ‘top stories’ list fit for a tabloid
The “best” stories of 2014 in Durango should be about positive accomplishments that add to our lives – cultural and athletic milestones, Fort Lewis College happenings (grant for new Berndt…
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Do not repeat health department cruelty
Let’s hope that instead of repeating SJBHD’s heinous behavior, others choose instead to act with personal integrity and compassion, as Fowler did. Peg Rogers Ignacio
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Journalism used to be objective
For instance, blacks are about 14 percent of the U.S. population, yet they commit approximately 50 percent of the crimes. If crime is not policed in minority communities because of…
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Fund supports Mancos Valley residents
In our wonderful tight-knit community, situations with our neighbors arise, and we ask what we can do to help. We offer support, food and flowers knowing full well they have…
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Fix the cheaper air-travel problems first
Denver’s airport administration should invite a college class in logistics or systems analysis to improve their newest version of Albania, so that not every single flight is delayed or canceled,…