Letters to the Editor

Climate letter cited debunked science

I remember when the dissemblers called it global warming. I am sure that Mr. Veals’ eyes are all aglow at…

August 24, 2016

Heraldâ€™s coverage of candidates unfair

Remember, your job is to give the positive and negative in the news, not to try to sway people with…

August 24, 2016

Question sheriff’s spending on jail care

Foukas has the cost of providing medical care and salaries confused. The $629,000 covered both salaries and all medical costs.…

August 24, 2016

Too many basic flaws in Amendment 69

And isn’t this an amendment to “fix” all of those things wrong with Obamacare, after Pelosi urged Congress to pass…

Patterson will help Dryside water issues

Whether you are one of those who do or have observed this activity, I want to speak in particular of…

Americans consuming too much fluoride

The fluoride we use in Durango is derived from the smokestack scrubbers of the fertilizer industry, containing traces of arsenic,…

Understand ColoradoCare and vote ‘yes’

While Jackie Caudill’s letter to the editor (Herald, Aug. 10) correctly referenced several parts of the proposed amendment, she made…

Service at local post office deplorable

I visited our local post office to set up having her mail delivered here. After the usual 20-minute wait, I…

Business as usual no longer acceptable

At the meeting, several citizens shared the belief that sloppy production systems can be tightened up to reduce methane leakage.…

Feds lack funds to manage a monument

Evidently, the Obama administration and environmental powerhouse lobbies don’t care about maintaining national treasures, just gaining them. Zero credibility is…

Why give Mayday Mine another chance?

With La Plata Canyon getting unprecedented tourist visitation, and after the fiasco of the Gold King mining disaster, one wonders…

August 21, 2016

Right-to-lifers should pledge support

My suggestion is for everyone who is so concerned for the unborn sign a pledge to assume responsibility for the…

August 21, 2016

Trump’s off the rails; give Johnson a look

Your boy Donnie-small-hands (my nickname for Trump – he’s needed one for a while) has seriously gone off the rails…

August 21, 2016

Lachelt shows how government can work

In the spring of this year, a county maintainer inadvertently damaged our irrigation pipeline. We didnâ€™t discover the damage until…

Do not make tourists pay for recycling

The lovely home we rented was outside the city limits so there was no recycling pickup. Undeterred, we made the…

Redeveloping Camino del Rio needed

Traffic on this thoroughfare is a fact of life because it is the only road through town. Unless a bypass…

Letter writer wrong on county spending

Fox attempts to create a scenario in which the current county commissioners are seen as having been unthinkingly profligate in…

Thanks to BID for bolstering downtown

Few amenities make visitors feel more welcome than smiling faces! This summer, BID’s new Downtown Ambassador Program placed seven smiling…

Stapleton wrong about Colorado PERA

Colorado PERA remains Colorado’s best investment by delivering a dignified and stable earned pension to 92,000 Colorado resident retirees. In…

J. Paul Brown ridiculing serious science

I looked up Brown’s official blog to read details of his reasoning. I find not a word about global warming,…

Tax burden should be equally shared

Property and business owners are already helping to pay for schools, cemeteries, libraries, fire departments, human services, water, etc. We…

August 18, 2016