Letters to the Editor

Sanders’ perspectives prompt head nods

P.S. We are involved in agriculture. Jim Smith Bayfield

December 12, 2015

Workforce housing keeps spending local

Workers struggling with high rents can relocate to a different region, creating turnover and instability for local businesses. Or they…

December 12, 2015

Letters to the Editor

Anti-GMO labeling bill a travesty

Julie Meadows Durango

December 12, 2015

Letters to the Editor

There should be rules for kids on trolley

They were going around the entire loop, all the way from the Transit Center back to the Transit Center, apparently…

December 12, 2015

Letters to the Editor

LPEA base rate eclipses similar towns’

Anne Markward Durango

December 12, 2015

Letters to the Editor

City reaped ticket money on Noel Night

I saw vehicles being towed. Traffic was horrible because the police and tow trucks had the streets blocked. The city…

December 12, 2015

Letters to the Editor

Choose ‘R’ or ‘D’ to vote in primary

I hope everyone who thinks similarly that this great man would do our country a lot of good knows that…

December 12, 2015

Letters to the Editor

Register Democrat and vote for Bernie

I am part of the future generation, and I want to tell my peers that we will all be affected…

December 12, 2015

Letters to the Editor

Who would Jesus shoot?

Now comes the president of Liberty University to declare that “more good people with concealed-carry permits … could end those…

December 10, 2015

Letters to the Editor

Money influences climate change divide

Why? Vested interests. Koch Industries, Exxon and other corporations want to continue polluting. The foundations advocate free market enterprise, and…

December 10, 2015

Letters to the Editor

Elderly especially must prepare for cold

In the event of massive snowstorms, will you have the resources needed to sustain at home for long periods of…

December 9, 2015

Letters to the Editor

Story diminished value of murder victims

One of those cases is that of Dennis Sleater. I want you to know that I think you have done…

December 9, 2015

Letters to the Editor

Word choice poor in seeking quiet

I raised my voice at a table near theirs to urge its occupants to be quiet, but unfortunately, my choice…

December 9, 2015

Letters to the Editor

Those on watch list should not get guns

John Hopkins Durango

December 8, 2015

Letters to the Editor

Vote for candidates concerned for future

Too many elected officials continue to both fight off gun control and ignore the fact that we have passed the…

December 8, 2015

Letters to the Editor

City wrong to subsidize nonresident rates

A few months later, the Council suddenly reversed course, deciding instead that nonresidents should pay the same water rates that…

December 7, 2015

Letters to the Editor

Give $20 to a struggling individual

Merry Christmas and happy all the other holidays, too. You’ve got to love living in this place, right? Sue Petranek…

December 7, 2015

Letters to the Editor

Netanyahu is short on real substance

That there is rich irony in this pair of opposed objectives is evident in Netanyahu’s primary interest in increased military…

December 6, 2015

Letters to the Editor

Bloody visuals can inspire copycat killers

Now, a dead Pakistani mother has the stage (as of this writing no photo?) in the most recent San Bernardino…

December 6, 2015

Letters to the Editor

Giving the homeless homes saves money

Salt Lake City has seen a 70 percent drop in homelessness and has saved major amounts once spent on social…

December 5, 2015

Letters to the Editor

Flags should stay at half-staff

Mark Oliver Durango

December 5, 2015

Letters to the Editor

Purgatory plan never fully implemented

For the first seven years, Purgatory provided winter recreation and employment. It had 73,412 winter visits in 1971-72. In 1972-73,…

December 5, 2015

Letters to the Editor

City can adopt affordable-housing policy

Over the past year, a variety of stakeholders and community members have been meeting to talk through some of these…

December 5, 2015

Letters to the Editor

Conservative fanaticism results in horror

Are these wannabe Republican leaders proud of their thoughtless stoking of the resentments burning in the bellies of their base?…

December 5, 2015