Letters to the Editor

Letters: Imagine a U.S. overrun by the alt-right

Imagine a country where people with guns show up at a candlelight vigil. Imagine a country where the current administration…

August 28, 2020

Letters: Modeling climate is extremely difficult

Modeling complex systems is extremely difficult and 100% accuracy is near impossible, but the science of modeling the impacts of…

August 28, 2020

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Letters: For Loren Boebert, do any lives matter?

Couldn’t the same be said for Lauren Boebert, who is running for congress in Colorado? She reopened her Rifle restaurant…

August 27, 2020

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Letters: Jettison Durango Democrats’ entitlement

This scam ensures Durango’s liberal voting bloc decides the outcome of every commissioner election. So why in “blue” blazes would…

August 26, 2020

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Letters: You’ve done much wrong, Mayor Brookie

This almost happened, Durango. But thanks to the transparent leadership of City Councilors Kim Baxter and Barbara Noseworthy, we have…

August 25, 2020

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Letters: Why does the treatment plant still stink?

After $65 million, it still smells like sewage. Didn’t they promise us that it would be all right to keep…

August 25, 2020

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Letters: Librarian shows how to address racism

First, she asked the question “What can I do?” She conducted a systemic audit of her Pine River library’s systems…

August 25, 2020

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Letters: Silence on Black lives is deafening in Cortez

Those who are unbothered by the deaths of unarmed Black people need to give the middle finger to these dangerous…

August 25, 2020

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Letters: Too many in U.S. prioritize their freedoms

Everyone should acknowledge that the government bears the responsibility to protect its citizens against threats, foreign and domestic. If restrictions…

August 24, 2020

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Letters: Trump’s idea of how democracy works

First, state publicly that the election should be postponed. Think of the best reason you can. Don’t worry that it’s…

August 23, 2020

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Letters: Imagine a U.S. overrun by hateful leftists

Imagine a U.S. in which people who exercise rights that do not conform to the radical left agenda are victimized.…

August 23, 2020

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Letters: Transit left me nothing but a stone bench

They need help to solve their problem with the Walmart bus stop that is shared with the Road Runner Transit.…

August 23, 2020

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Letters: What matters to the counterprotesters?

There were many American flags on display. One would naturally assume that the group loved this country, and I’d wager…

August 22, 2020

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Letters: Visiting cyclist needs to get over himself

Really? Unpacking your stuff onto a stranger’s vehicle is rude and tacky. Also, self-entitled. You need to learn some proper…

August 21, 2020

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Letters: Durango government is not trusted

It would seem that Cathy Metz and her “rubber stamp” cronies on the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board have once…

August 21, 2020

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Letters: Bring train departures back to downtown

It seems it would be in everyone’s best interest in Durango to return the train back to downtown where it…

August 21, 2020

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Letters: Hey, if you want to complain, stay home!

Thank you so much for feeling entitled enough to use someone else’s property without permission and to then write about…

August 20, 2020

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Letters: It’s what I needed to hear at BLM rally

I heard things I needed to hear and learned things I needed to learn. The three young women who led…

August 20, 2020

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Letters: Protesters should be wearing masks

The counterprotesters shouting “USA,” wearing guns on their hips, holding flags, presumably to say, we are the real Americans. Noticeably…

August 20, 2020

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Letters: Cyclist finds Durango unfriendly, selfish

I took off my helmet and placed it with my empty backpack on a car in the area where I…

August 19, 2020

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Letters: Police should be enforcing mask order

Perhaps she let her anger get the best of her but there seems to be a disturbing pattern in our…

August 19, 2020

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Letters: Sad watching Bettin, Youssef on City Council

Sure, there is supposed public comment, but I believe the decision is made given they allowed Blake to be vetted…

August 18, 2020

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Letters: Liberals and leftists not at all the same

Liberals say it is insignificant if you are Black, white, Hispanic or Indigenous. They say only a racist would claim…

August 17, 2020

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Letters: Please, please, where is enforcement?

I would gladly volunteer to hand out flyers and masks to noncomplying visitors. Where is the enforcement? Anybody else out…

August 17, 2020