Letters to the Editor

Young Americans’ joy of being counted

Here, hundreds of young people have been voting, along with their teachers and other staff. There was the young man…

Slow down and avoid deer on the roads

Please slow down your driving on roads that border open areas where numerous deer are moving, such as Florida Road…

Stop hiding from facts of climate change

Of course there are websites out there that dispute the facts, though for the life of me I cannot understand…

Clarifying criminal justice system roles

The Durango Public Defender’s Office does, in fact, have 11 lawyers, but our office handles all cases for the 6th…

Ugly national tone infecting county race

I ran four years ago as a proud public servant, having worked on landowner and environmental issues for more than…

Elect Trump to fix the mess U.S. is in

I’m an American patriot with a broken heart. Our country is a mess. We are a debtor nation, our economy…

We can impose term limits at elections

The residents of this district have paid Tipton and Bennet $174,000 per year for six years, a total of $1,044,000,…

ColoradoCare will save us $30 billion

Here are facts: “Highest taxes, repel businesses, kill jobs”: Context is everything. $25 billion tax buys excellent health care, versus…

Why voters should back Lyle McKnight

Over our more than 23 years in business owning Fun Center Powersports, we have donated to anyone in need walking…

ColoradoCare seems poorly thought out

I have concluded the following: Critical funding for ColoradoCare depends on the continuation of Obamacare. Changes or the termination of…

Veterans should not vote for Trump

But one subset of his supporters bothers me more than any other. I refer to Veterans for Trump. Trump says…

Tipton is a threat to our clean water

The Stream Protection Rule is based on three decades of technological and scientific advances in mining operations and environmental reclamation,…

If you do not vote, you cannot complain

We are so blessed to live in this nation. Please vote on Tuesday. Second story: On our block, a “Grandpa”…

Letter distorted past public involvement

Claiming I have no interest in civic involvement (nonprofits, service clubs) is not true. I have helped organize and sponsored…

November 4, 2016

Vote McKnight, Patterson, Brown, Trump

They voted to pay for the airport by asking the property owners to raise our property taxes instead of through…

November 4, 2016

Poll questions more offensive than tape

As a registered voter, I was offended and highly concerned that this is an example of how our polls are…

November 2, 2016

Elect the best educated for tribal leaders

Tribal Council is mostly young, naive and truthfully … uneducated. Elder Council members should have known better. It’s always been…

November 2, 2016

Tipton is no friend to our public lands

First, we have to look at why someone would want to change a management process that is working well as…

October 31, 2016

A qualified ‘Yes’ vote on Ballot Issue 3A

Unfortunately, the upper level administration of School District 9-R does not have a track record of building consensus from the…

October 31, 2016

Proposition 106 opens a door to abuse

With age, we continually encounter new challenges and as with all human challenges, dealing with them requires a focus on…

October 30, 2016

Embrace a non-Trump-like masculinity

Trump exemplifies the selfish, arrogant, sexualized, ignorant type of masculinity. That part of all men that we usually grow out…

October 30, 2016