Letters to the Editor

Letters: 9-R could save park with a conservancy

What if Durango School District 9-R put Buckley Park into conservancy? It could then do a GoFundMe or other type…

July 31, 2020

Letters: Natives should vote on the ‘Chief’ sign

I recommend taking a vote from the Native American people who are purportedly offended by his presence. There are more…

July 30, 2020

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Letters: Support businesses that enforce masks

Whose customer dollar is more important to them? The folks following the mask requirement or the folks who refuse to…

July 30, 2020

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Letters: You cannot see me smile as we pass

We appreciate your maturity and care for both the health of others and the viability of businesses by wearing masks.…

July 29, 2020

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Letters: Shop local, for city managers like Blake

Please, beloved citizens of my native hometown, let our City Council know better than to hand off managing Durango to…

July 29, 2020

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Letters: I went to a BLM rally at Buckley Park

I want to congratulate the citizens of Durango for behaving appropriately. Although I quietly disagreed with the first speaker, the…

July 29, 2020

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Letters: Trump does just what he says he’ll do

Joe Biden has been in politics a long time and what has he done? Enrich his son? He is a…

July 27, 2020

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Letters: It may seem bureaucratic but it’s good

This shift in priorities was significant enough that the state Legislature felt a full-time professional staff was needed for the…

July 27, 2020

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Letters: The right wing adores an egotistical liar

Jeff Bleecker begins his letter on a humorous note, “We have a national outbreak of leftism sweeping our country.” Don’t…

July 26, 2020

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Letters: Porter-Norton not well served by Herald

The reporter left out that she has headed her own consulting business for 20 years. She facilitates, leads and mediates…

July 25, 2020

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Letters: Jack Turner is perfect for commission

Driving home from Phoenix after a Broncos game, we had a great discussion on what the future would bring to…

July 25, 2020

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Letters: We’d like to still do business here, but …

In this horrid year of the Plague, we were heartened to see the City Council call the right shot on…

July 24, 2020

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Letters: Time to let go of racist, sexist symbols

I, too, remember the images, books, movies and other icons of my past. However, I’m 60 years old and now…

July 24, 2020

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Letters: Gov. Jared Polis has done a great COVID job

Polis acted decisively shutting down the state in March, successfully curbing the spread; and the virus was real back then…

July 23, 2020

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Letters: Reconsider Animas High site at FLC

It is sacred, there are Ancestral Puebloan ruins there. A better location at Fort Lewis College would be in the…

July 22, 2020

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Letters: Gov. Jared Polis is a dictatorial moron

To mask or not to mask is a question that could drive one nuts, just trying to make sense of…

July 22, 2020

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Letters: It is always only about me, me and me

So when people ignored public health decrees, declaring them to be arbitrary and in some cases punitive, no one should…

July 21, 2020

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Letters: We no longer need the Electoral College

The argument has now changed to promote an urban versus rural issue. England writes the college’s purpose was to protect…

July 20, 2020

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Letters: About those grants for electric vehicles

Although it’s correct that the city has $65,000 as stated in July 7 Herald article from the sources mentioned (“Durango…

July 20, 2020

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Letters: Porter-Norton for county commissioner

She was recently characterized in a Herald article as being involved in Operation Healthy Communities and “nonprofits.” This is true…

July 20, 2020

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Letters: Don’t like ‘Chief’ sign? Don’t shop there

In those days, kids learned to respect others at schools where the richest kid in town could be seated next…

July 19, 2020

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Letters: Are you proud of causing a mother’s death?

First, they try to prevent disaster by signaling that certain activities are potentially dangerous. Second, they firm up the rules…

July 19, 2020

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Letters: Who’s afraid of out-of-state virus carriers?

Evidently, out-of-state money is not wanted or needed so that those concerned may not be exposed to the virus. Here…

July 18, 2020

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Letters: With a COVID-positive worker, you’re on your own

As ownership, we never received any communication from SJBPH as to what the protocol is as an employer who needs…

July 17, 2020