Letters to the Editor

Misplaced accusation of irresponsibility

I was intrigued because of the headline of the column, because I was thinking it would point the finger at…

June 9, 2015

Prisons treat their inmates like guests

Once incarcerated, the prisoners are cared for like guests, including meals, medical and psychological treatment, exercise equipment, entertainment and other…

June 9, 2015

Key to bear story: ‘Camping illegally’

Bears are a beautiful part of our community and to have one killed because someone chose to camp in an…

Stop ongoing effort to take public lands

The American Lands Council is unethically using taxpayer dollars to push for “local control” of our land, when their real…

Herald’s decline traced to liberal agenda

It’s no secret that the Herald supports a left-wing agenda. When it comes to local radio programing, there is a…

Transients can help clean up the camps

So my questions are: Why is camping allowed in a “no-camping” area, and why are these transients allowed to create…

Clean out Durango’s illegal campsites

The upshot is that humans camp illegally and disregard all cautions about keeping a clean camp, and especially not having…

ALC claims about state land are absurd

Currently, only 20 percent of the public lands managed by Colorado are open to the public for recreation. The other…

Transients are now a statewide problem

True homelessness is a horse of a different color! With the state’s effort to pioneer the “green rush” of legal…

Hillcrest needs to put the public first

The Hillcrest Board’s golf priorities are certainly not the same priorities as mine and of others I know. A public…

Move sewer plant away from Santa Rita

I propose to the city of Durango and the members of the STEAM Park committee to move the wastewater treatment…

SB 268 part of ongoing effort to kill Roe

The vote went along party lines: Republicans, including Roberts, for and Democrats opposed. Roberts accuses Planned Parenthood of attacking her…

Free speech means vetsâ€™ job well done

I could not understand what was up, as I did not recognize her as an ex-wife of mine. Then It…

Bear paid the price for illegal camping

Sadly, the bear paid the ultimate price for the illegal campers’ stupidity as well as their total lack of respect…

Do we need to hear daily about pot?

This leaves, however, two questions that have puzzled me for three years now. First, why did the Herald find it…

Property taxes are due by June 15

In the state of Colorado, this interest penalty is set at 1 percent per month. This is “simple” interest, so…

June 4, 2015

DNF ready to move ahead, sans baggage

This includes consideration of a merger with La Montañita Co-op. Per the bylaws, any such merger would have been approved…

June 4, 2015

Illegal camping will lead to a tragedy

But then you see the picture of the illegal camp right there on the front-page, and it just slams you…

Roberts eyeing criminal-law career?

Supposing a woman was hit and miscarried, or maybe someone yelled at her, and she grew tense and miscarried. Or…

Powerhouse Science Center will be back

But I would like to correct one impression the editorial made: Nana Naisbitt was not the problem. Quite the contrary,…

Naisbitt key to a second chance for PSC

If there had been other options, I’m sure the Powerhouse Science Center (PSC) board would have chosen them before making…