Letters to the Editor

Dirty apartment and a potty mouth

I am a grandmotherly type who, when he asked me to mend his clothes, I did it. When his sink…

February 4, 2019

You can’t treat a baby turtle this way!

And it becomes somebody’s right to dismember that child and sell its body parts. In celebration of the passage of…

February 4, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Brake for car braking ahead of you

Maybe there are deer on the road. Maybe the vehicles following that driver should not punch the gas and pass…

February 4, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Second homeowners deserve a break

I wonder if she stopped to consider that second homeowners pay the same school taxes as locals and never send…

February 3, 2019

Letters to the Editor

City should answer these five questions

As a candidate for City Council, I would suggest the following information be provided, preferably in a public forum that…

February 2, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Before Hamlet, we did know our minds

Linguists have long known that the best indication of an author attributing inner life to a character is in making…

February 2, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Why are we being gouged for propane?

On Jan. 29, I was quoted $2.734 per gallon from “big fish” propane who bought up my former supplier. They…

February 2, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Hill Stompers summon sweet memories

I was Snowdown’s webmaster from 1996 through 2005 and I recall getting an email from the Hill Stompers asking if…

February 1, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Hospitals should give us useful info

As a board member of Consumers for Quality Care, a coalition dedicated to patients and their right to affordable, high-quality…

February 1, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Herald should not publish Trump-bashing

This was not a rational letter. It was a hate piece, bashing our president, spewing lies and not worthy of…

February 1, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Mistake shouldn’t define Snowberger

Obviously, Mr. Fredrickson is an anomaly. Evidently, Mr. Fredrickson has never made a mistake. One mistake does not define a…

January 31, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Welcome to Durango in Three Springs

Durango city limits are right at the corner of Three Springs Boulevard and U.S. 160. With the development of Hope…

January 31, 2019

Letters to the Editor

City must accommodate cars, not bikes

I also find the proposal objectionable because it taxes us just outside the city limits, but we can’t vote on…

January 31, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Press is ally, not enemy, of the people

It is the way of despots to muzzle the press, imprison or kill reporters and control news outlets. The press…

January 30, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Can we tax these second homes higher?

We are recent transplants to the Durango area but know there are a number of second homes in the region,…

January 29, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Dear lord, please don’t give us a sign

Too many signs actually has the opposite of the desired effect of directing our fine citizens. One has the tendency…

January 29, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Soon President Trump will start a war

The Republican base that supports him must also be non-believers or they wouldn’t follow his unchristian beliefs of hate and…

January 29, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Herald can’t fool board on Snowberger

The sub-headline of the story says, “School principals express support for Snowberger.” And the article follows that “all 11 principals…

January 28, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Parking enforcement has no integrity

Upon inspection, the parking ticket I received was for an “expired registration.” Guilty until proven innocent! My registration was not…

January 28, 2019

Letters to the Editor

City needs to change spending choices

The put-in at Memorial Park II was just remodeled, and Lake Nighthorse is now available for paddle boarding. I feel…

January 27, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Paper should call letter writer a liar

A simple fact-check of Mike Sigman’s letter would illustrate my point. By simply reading the AP and Washington Post articles,…

January 27, 2019

Letters to the Editor

My letter to editor was misinterpreted

Unfortunately, the Herald added the headline: “Farrakhan has done good things, too.” That headline in no way represented me or…

January 24, 2019

Letters to the Editor

I don’t want this can. Where’s the lake?

No one asked if I wanted or needed a huge bear resistant trash can. I only produce enough trash to…

January 24, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Local Democrats killing us with taxes

It was just last year property taxes were increased. Then, because La Plate county is a tourist mecca, the county…

January 24, 2019