Letters to the Editor

Allison Aichele is a superb treasurer

Colton Black’s only disclosed educational credential and experience in these realms is licensing allowing him to open individual accounts, solicit…

October 19, 2018

We need more GOP to make more sense

Even the Herald has to admit that Ballot Issue 2A is ill-conceived and not well thought out. One of the…

October 19, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Colorado AG must be a Trump-fighter

Trump’s attempts to gut environmental protection laws are being contested by the California AG. Trump’s attempts to gut our long-standing…

October 19, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Vote to save our health with setbacks

There are 47,000 active oil and gas wells and 82,000 inactive wells statewide, with toxic spills/releases totaling more than 4,000…

October 19, 2018

Letters to the Editor

City tax hike is well justified and wise

I’ve lived just outside city limits for almost 20 years but am in the city daily. Until recently, I owned…

October 18, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Don’t waste negative mailings on me

If you cannot utilize publicity by providing info on what you have done, are doing or plan to do for…

October 18, 2018

Letters to the Editor

When you vote, it’s like having a lifesaver

Vote to save Medicare. Vote to save protections for pre-existing conditions in our health insurance coverage. Yes, it’s really that…

October 18, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Vote for setbacks, a recreation economy

The oil and gas industry says that Proposition 112’s 2,500-foot setbacks will put 85 percent of Colorado’s non-federal lands off…

October 18, 2018

Letters to the Editor

City should better use tax funds on hand

A design that would destroy the rural road feel of Roosa Avenue – a 10- foot-wide sidewalk, eliminating existing bike…

October 18, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Aichele has done everything by the book

It would be a huge mistake to change horses in midstream given Allison’s strong leadership and quality performance heading the…

October 18, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Beware ‘hand of god’ con in government

Both Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Alito were nominated by a man who saw himself as the “Hand of God,”…

October 18, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Voters must save us from Republicans

They have done this bysteamrolling tax cuts primarily for corporations and the rich and especially the super-rich; jamming through confirmations…

October 18, 2018

Letters to the Editor

My vote on Ballot Question 2A

If you had participated in the community engagement meetings related to this initiative this past spring and summer, you would…

October 18, 2018

Letters to the Editor

How’d you like a strip club next door?

You need to know the actual wording to make a good decision. It’s in the Blue Book that the state…

October 18, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Oil and gas industry lies about Prop 112

How gullible do they think we are? Do they really have to exaggerate so much? Let’s get a sense of…

October 17, 2018

Letters to the Editor

No on Tipton, but vote YES on Prop. 112

Scott Tipton is not afraid of his constituents, evidence his total avoidance of town halls in La Plata County; Scott…

October 17, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Guinn Unger is a thinker and doer

Having witnessed the Affordable Care Act, I really agree with him on affordable health care for all. Life, liberty and…

October 17, 2018

Letters to the Editor

To make insurance affordable, vote

The status quo simply cannot continue. The cost of health insurance on the individual market has been out of control…

October 17, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Charles Hamby will support gun rights

So here we sit with our latest gizmo in hand writing what we feel with no interaction with another human.…

October 16, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Please don’t raid lodging tax revenues

It remains vitally important that lodging tax revenues be fully invested in promoting tourism in our area. If those funds…

October 16, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Aichele should stay in place as treasurer

Allison Aichele has made significant strides in increasing efficiencies with limited staff and through software conversions. La Plata County needs…

October 16, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Make education spending efficient first

1. Prohibit paying anyone to perform union work. Public schools exist to educate children, not to benefit the union. 2.…

October 16, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Get what you pay for with city tax hike

Paying taxes isn’t my favorite activity, but I do understand that you get what you pay for. It is a…

October 16, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Oil and gas be damned, vote YES on 112

One tactic is to arouse fear, claiming that Colorado’s economy will slump if we protect public health and safety with…

October 16, 2018