Letters to the Editor

Vote out all politicians after two terms

It appears to me that, for far too long, it has all been about getting re-elected to office. If the…

October 23, 2013

Health exchanges offer better-priced plans

I decided to wait until after the flood of initial onlookers checked out the site. As someone with a valid…

October 23, 2013

Letters to the Editor

2 Dave Peterses hold 2 positions on bag fee

While I support everyone’s right to express his opinion, I believe the wording of the letter from Dave Peters of…

October 23, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Either pay fee or move into city for recycling

I also live outside city limits and pay for private trash and recycling pickup. I take my glass to the…

October 23, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Quiet-seeking moviegoer overstepped

I had waited two months to view this film. During the final scenes of the film, the people in the…

October 23, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Ignacio utility rates rise dramatically

Residents of Ignacio now pay $63.05 a month for sewer, which is more than twice the state average cost. In…

October 23, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Bag ban will bring many negative effects

The big problem here is the big stores don’t have the option to “buy out” of the ordinance. What a…

October 21, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Let us be notable for education, not OCD

The arguments presented against disposable bags are a lie. Council’s action is a decision to compel virtue. Coercive correctness is…

October 21, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Vote ‘yes’ on Amendment 66, bag ordinance

The reality that I’ve had to live with, along with thousands of other students across the city and across our…

October 21, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Vote yes on 2A, 4A and 4B during election

Our fire district taxes will stay here to protect us. Our fire districts provide not only fire protection, but are…

October 21, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Reducing bag use is the right thing to do

Simply put, reducing our plastic bag use is just the right thing to do. Dire warnings of health hazards, financial…

October 19, 2013

Letters to the Editor

The grocery-bag ordinance makes sense

Cities and towns across the developed world have seen the error of using cheap, permanent plastic bags that have a…

October 19, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Ban all plastic bags, but let paper go free

Plastic bags clearly have environmental problems. Big ones. While technically some are recyclable, Durango lacks the machinery to sort them…

October 19, 2013

Letters to the Editor

There is no ‘away’ when it comes to bags, trash

It’s a fee and only if you decide to use a single-use bag. No choice has been eliminated, and you…

October 19, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Proponents fail to say paper bags taxed, too

David Gore Durango

October 19, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Vote to keep the checkout bag ordinance

Durango has plastic bags on the Animas River Trail. The cost to clean up the trail is paid by every…

October 19, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Ordinance means much to younger generations

There was a time, built by our forefathers, that proclaimed all production as good. All growth and development was something…

October 19, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Fire district votes will provide fair funding

This November, there will be two ballot measures providing for these solutions. Residents living outside of the Durango city limits,…

October 19, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Frontier was Internet pioneer, not Brainstorm

I very much agree with the idea that there needs to be new infrastructure and innovation, and new leadership, in…

October 19, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Book offers useful insights for school votes

The smartest countries in the world spend less per pupil than the United States.” Margaret Ackerman Ignacio

October 19, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Tipton behaved callously during shutdown

John Hopkins Durango

October 17, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Habitat raises its 38th roof in county

With the sweat equity this single mom and her two kids put in, along with the help and support of…

October 17, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Bag fee is a start for thoughtful caretaking

I saw a lady at the store using 10 plastic bags for her groceries. That is just one person doing…

October 17, 2013

Letters to the Editor

League of Women Voters to host forum

Jason Austin, 9-R schools, will describe Amendment 66, Funding for Public Schools and Ballot Question 3A on reducing the size…

October 17, 2013