Letters to the Editor Child care centers must work for families As McClellan stated, we as a community must come together to help our children. That also means all local child… August 17, 2013
Letters to the Editor FCC should re-examine logic of TV markets With the acquisition of KIVA and KREZ by Albuquerque stations, and turning them into repeaters, those counties flipped to the… August 15, 2013
Letters to the Editor ADUs not best affordable housing option With more than 50 percent of the properties in Durango already being rentals, Citizens for Healthy Established Neighborhoods is concerned… August 15, 2013
Letters to the Editor Commercializing Oxbow Park not the answer The justification that this proposed put-in will alleviate congestion at the 33rd Street and 29th Street put-ins is ill-founded. The… August 14, 2013
Letters to the Editor Crosses Project only about helping children It has always been the heart of the Crosses Project to see this as an effort in which people of… August 14, 2013
Letters to the Editor Sharpton one of country’s biggest racists Years ago, he defended a young black woman in New York City who swore she was raped by two white… August 13, 2013
Letters to the Editor Reusable bags good for personal freedom Recently, the Herald said that the argument about the plastic-bag surcharge boiled down to one side citing science and solutions… August 13, 2013
Letters to the Editor Problem with Animas not mines but sewage That, of course, means acidic upstream waters, and countering that on site may well cause even more costly problems below… August 12, 2013
Letters to the Editor Bag fee a boon for city coffers, big stores Currently, I am not being fined when I buy my pancake syrup in a plastic container. Nor my catsup, mustard,… August 12, 2013
Letters to the Editor Children’s deaths were the point of crosses Just as the sight of rows and rows of white crosses was a visual reminder of death of soldiers in… August 10, 2013
Letters to the Editor Regulate recreational vehicles, their names I think it should be illegal to drive 22 mph slower than the posted speed limit with a name like… August 10, 2013
Letters to the Editor Maybe others could pass out plastic bags Is it not discriminatory to apply this proposed law only to certain grocery stores such as Walmart, City Market and… August 10, 2013
Letters to the Editor Join the effort to shop outside of Durango As for me, I will make a conscious effort to shop outside Durango city limits to divert sales-tax revenue to… August 10, 2013
Letters to the Editor Obama’s lying is worthy of impeachment What? He stated we have added 162,000 new jobs in the month of July. How did he do this? Obama’s… August 10, 2013
Letters to the Editor Our community deserves safe access to pot Local governments now have a choice before them: allow retail marijuana centers in their communities and benefit from the safeguards… August 10, 2013
Letters to the Editor Animas pollution also a problem for Durango A spokesman for the water district informed me that Durango only gets a significant portion of water from the Animas… August 10, 2013
Letters to the Editor City should heed Oxbow recommendations Vehicles crossing the railroad tracks could present safety issues. Our recommendation: Restrict vehicles from crossing the tracks to access the… August 10, 2013
Letters to the Editor No ‘education’, just a predetermined vote What an arrogant statement! Does he think we are children? The City Council and city management do not want to… August 10, 2013
Letters to the Editor Regulate existing put-ins, leave Oxbow alone Of course, for the homeowners right next to the proposed development, making the Oxbow riparian area into a put-in must… August 10, 2013
Letters to the Editor Council did right thing in backing bag fee Gregor Gardner Durango August 10, 2013
Letters to the Editor Act before Animas becomes a wasteland We already know that the toxic metals leaking from Silverton’s mines have traveled at least as far down the Animas… August 10, 2013
Letters to the Editor Red bench may not be fancy, but it is mine I hope that whoever took it will do the right thing and return it in the same form they took… August 10, 2013
Letters to the Editor Los Lonely Boys proved welcome distraction I attended the Los Lonely Boys show at the Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College Concert last Saturday night. Being… August 10, 2013
Letters to the Editor Manage Oxbow for conservation values The Colorado Department of Parks and Wildlife has expressed concerns to the city about its plans for commercial development at… August 8, 2013