Opinion & Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor

Thanks, happy retirement to David Smith

Smith has been Durango’s city attorney for 37 years. During his tenure, he has worked with hundreds of people in…

January 11, 2014

Letters to the Editor

When cream is not cream: Read food labels

Now, when you buy a carton of whipping cream, you must read the label carefully because there are several additives…

January 9, 2014

Editorials

Winter Haven

Collaborative shelter effort will give desperate families a warm option

January 9, 2014

Letters to the Editor

Poll does not allow a vote for Hickenlooper

Anyone reading and not thinking might wonder if it were done intentionally to garner support for the Republican Party because…

January 7, 2014

Letters to the Editor

Water Front Range with a Missouri canal

How about a positive solution like a Missouri canal? It would bring water from the Missouri River to the Front…

January 7, 2014

Editorials

Three bills to watch

Bipartisan measures would boost protections for freedom of information

January 7, 2014

Letters to the Editor

Front-page story on termination was insulting

I happen to know Patti to be a woman of utmost integrity (Something the Herald and some of our community…

January 7, 2014

Editorials

Unemployed should not have to suffer

Extending aid will not solve the larger problem but will help struggling families

January 7, 2014

Editorials

Banking on marijuana

‘laundering’ money from pot sales another strange aspect of legalization

January 6, 2014

Letters to the Editor

Banning guns on campuses would add risk

The story quoted a supporter of the ban as saying that, “Guns on campus create an intimidating climate and puts…

January 6, 2014

Letters to the Editor

Debunking bogus claims on climate change

“Global warming” is not in itself a science, true. It is the conclusion reached by meteorologists and contrary to Goodrich’s…

January 6, 2014

Letters to the Editor

Two-for-one nuggets of misinformation

Goodrich wrote that global warming is not a science, and I would agree. It is a hypothesis that our planet…

January 5, 2014

Letters to the Editor

Honesty, integrity saved grandmother’s gems

I had resigned myself to never seeing it again, which was very sad for me because it contained tiny diamonds…

January 5, 2014

Editorials

Charles Bradshaw

right person at the time to save train

January 5, 2014

Letters to the Editor

God’s laws supersede conflicts with Bible

The Herald also personally demeaned God when stating: “As such, the baker or any business person’s religious beliefs are irrelevant…

January 4, 2014

Letters to the Editor

Report the whole story on drug overdoses

Why make people look like dirtbags and irresponsible when there are a lot of people in this town I have…

January 4, 2014

Editorials

2014

new year promises to be an eventful one in local affairs

January 4, 2014

Letters to the Editor

Editorial board lacks economy skills

With the remaining shares of Chrysler purchased from the UAW retirement fund by Fiat (they got those shares at no…

January 4, 2014

Letters to the Editor

Legislature should stay away from lawns

Grass lawns provide an attractive and clean answer, and they slow rain water runoff and prevent erosion. And it can…

January 4, 2014

Letters to the Editor

City should explain single-stream recycling

How many residents are currently without cans? What exactly happens to the single-stream recycled materials once they have been collected?…

January 4, 2014

Letters to the Editor

Local officials need to bring pot now

So, are Telluride’s officials smarter than ours or do they just work harder? Ours would rather argue about plastic bags…

January 4, 2014

Letters to the Editor

State needs strong carbon-pollution limits

Yet, it was also a year full of progress in the effort to cut the carbon pollution fueling the problem.…

January 4, 2014

Editorials

Governing by initiative

proposal, localities could pre-empt state law

January 2, 2014

Letters to the Editor

End talks on human-caused climate change

Myth: Al Gore’s claim in the past that by now the Arctic ice cap would be gone. Fact: Last year,…

January 2, 2014

Letters to the Editor

Increased C02 levels beneficial for planet

Wishon, quoting a Herald article (Nov. 7), went on: “the lead article reported … that carbon dioxide content in the…

January 2, 2014

Editorials

Legislating lawns

Grass-limiting measure will prompt critical conversation

January 1, 2014

Letters to the Editor

Parking frenzy rested solely on merchants

It’s too bad the other downtown merchants don’t understand retail means people come into your place of business to purchase…

December 31, 2013

Editorials

Happy New Year!

is plenty of time for planning and looking ahead – for now, enjoy the holiday

December 31, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Use calculator to help insurance shopping

In actual fact, according to the calculator function on the Connect for Health website, a 29-year-old Durango resident making $20,000…

December 30, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Keep roads safe: Don’t drink, drug and drive

Recreational marijuana use becomes legal in Colorado on Jan. 1 – joining Washington as the first two states to legalize,…

December 30, 2013