Letters to the Editor

These parks projects are boondoggles

Barb mentions multimillion dollar projects being proposed that are indeed questionable. She also mentions the millions of dollars that the…

January 7, 2019

What will our grandchildren ask us?

A young lady seated behind me had an emphatic reply – “for climate change not to be real.” I also…

January 6, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Tri-State has dirty coal and no Plan B

Coal is the most damaging fuel to our environment, climate and health. It’s also too expensive to sell, except in…

January 5, 2019

Letters to the Editor

We need to get rid of minimum wage

The time has come to eliminate the minimum wage and to associate what an individual is paid with education and…

January 4, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Tipton needs to hear from us on climate

She lost the race to be our representative to Congress to our current representative, Rep. Scott Tipton, who in 2015…

January 4, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Hospitals, insurers are ripping us off

Every layer of our current insurance system includes costs for administrators, marketers, lobbyists, lawyers and advertisers. This adds up to…

January 3, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Thinking green gets it wrong — again

In his Dec. 16 Thinking Green column (“Change confronts rural electric co-ops”), he claims Tri-State is “unresponsive to the needs…

January 3, 2019

Letters to the Editor

President Trump is a very big, big liar

Trump in his mind has made America great again by hanging around criminals starting with his lawyer and others and…

January 1, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Editorial on Mideast is a Trumpian insult

The Trumpian tantrum headline surely calls to mind Charles Lindbergh’s pro-Nazi isolationism just before World War II. Unless you are…

January 1, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Don’t be swayed by the anti-tax crowd

Durango has been fortunate to have had many years of gas tax revenues that contributed to our economy. But with…

December 31, 2018

Letters to the Editor

I want Durango to leverage the wealthy

I want it to be known as more than a place to drink beer and ski by college students and…

December 31, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Articles about Snowberger are unhelpful

He is present in classrooms, giving him an accurate feel for what is happening in his district. He wants to…

December 31, 2018

Letters to the Editor

The season to thank locals on 416 Fire

They are the professionals (career and volunteer) who every day are making a difference in people’s lives; and most of…

December 30, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Skyridge must be made safe from fire

Skyridge residents live at the interface of open land with dense oak brush forest and a lot of dead timber.…

December 30, 2018

Letters to the Editor

These stupid, reckless, selfish drivers

Recently, within three days, I was almost involved in two different automobile accidents as a result of two stupid, impatient…

December 28, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Tax credits can help with insurance cost

The issue has been ongoing in the southwestern Colorado region for years. I would like to share information on the…

December 28, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Winston, the British lion, is still roaring

I was one of the estimated 320,000 people who stood in line to file past the catafalque containing Churchill’s body…

December 28, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Where is all this water coming from?

There’s a 400-home subdivision planned for east of Bayfield. At Three Springs, they’re talking 2,300 homes, and in Twin Buttes,…

December 27, 2018

Letters to the Editor

You look just like an ostrich on climate

I realize head-in-the-sand denialism is one way to deal with the realization that we are all responsible. But to dream…

December 26, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Math shows that Council is reasonable

Actually, an increase of 159 percent in 16 years is about an annual increase of 3 percent; an annual increase…

December 25, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Media is deceiving public on sandwiches

Going back to Merriam-Webster, bread is defined as “a usually baked and leavened food made of a mixture whose basic…

December 25, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Let’s end domestic and sexual violence

Alternative Horizons responded to 539 individuals experiencing domestic violence. Over 341 women and children throughout the region sought out shelter…

December 25, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Pssst: Free advice, Mister President

Then pull troops out of Syria and use that unnecessary expenditure to help fund the wall. Free labor and available…

December 24, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Make Durango safe, secure for everyone

The City needs to listen to the community by prioritizing collaboration and cooperation with the county and non-profits to work…

December 24, 2018