Letters to the Editor

Salvation Army coverage appreciated

If not for that organization when I was growing up, we would not have had Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner. I…

December 6, 2014

Rules for interacting with the authorities

1. Don’t walk down the middle of the street waving the spoils from your latest strong-arm robbery. 2. If a…

December 6, 2014

Letters to the Editor

Sue progressives behind Ferguson riots

They do not want the police to do their jobs of protecting the general public, its properties and even themselves.…

December 6, 2014

Letters to the Editor

When will the Gruber story be reported?

Gruber is an economics professor at MIT and was commissioned by the federal government to develop the language for the…

December 4, 2014

Letters to the Editor

Hickenlooper should not have apologized

Hickenlooper is simply wrongly promoting collective guilt and reinforcing the divide and conquer tactic of racism. Will the Native Americans…

December 4, 2014

Letters to the Editor

Staffing woes reflect 9-R administration

After a couple of years under Snowberger, the staffing shortage represents some of the first chickens coming home to roost.…

December 2, 2014

Letters to the Editor

City allows scofflaws to avoid fees

Those policies specifically support affordable housing through “the retention of existing housing through active monitoring of the supply of housing…

December 2, 2014

Letters to the Editor

Durango’s wild places provoke gratitude

While I knew that coming to Durango would mean more opportunities to play outside, I didn’t anticipate how many novel…

December 2, 2014

Letters to the Editor

Get educated on water scarcity, use

Los Angeles, in an arid landscape, should never have become the unsustainable megalopolis it is. The Ogallala Aquifer, the water…

November 30, 2014

Letters to the Editor

Police deserve thanks, not racial blame

To print stories implying that there is widespread racism in policing is just basic yellow journalism. Disproportionate rates of involvement…

November 30, 2014

Letters to the Editor

City should intervene with Postal Service

Landscaping in disrepair on the northeast corner of the Durango post office, as seen from west Eighth Street.Courtesy of Jim…

November 29, 2014

Letters to the Editor

Keystone project will improve economies

TransCanada has not claimed that the “thousands of jobs” that will be created are expected to be permanent jobs. As…

November 29, 2014

Letters to the Editor

Republicans must address immigration

Most of us forget that we are the sons and daughters or, more likely the grandsons and granddaughters, of immigrants.…

November 29, 2014

Letters to the Editor

Federal sage-grouse protection needed

That’s why the Gunnison sage-grouse deserves federal protection under the Endangered Species Act. A Nov. 14 Herald editorial opposed the…

November 29, 2014

Letters to the Editor

LPEA has not done meter homework

For 10 years, I felt LPEA was really going to bat for us. I was diagnosed with breast cancer in…

November 29, 2014

Letters to the Editor

Herald is stooping low with obituaries

You are money-hungry and desperate to survive, placing advertisements all over the obituary page. You have no decent respect for…

November 29, 2014

Letters to the Editor

Audience applause normal on Broadway

Having recently attended three Broadway plays in New York City, I can attest that Broadway audiences applaud enthusiastically and spontaneously…

November 29, 2014

Letters to the Editor

Thank vets by protecting public lands

Equally as important, though, are protections for our local public lands. The backcountry has a certain therapeutic quality that played…

November 27, 2014

Letters to the Editor

Obituary change is a community loss

Bruce Rodman Durango

November 27, 2014

Letters to the Editor

Marketplace Fairness Act is unfair

The United States has nearly 10,000 taxing jurisdictions. Forcing compliance with arcane tax laws from 10,000 other municipalities would be…

November 27, 2014

Letters to the Editor

Children fleeing horrible circumstances

There was a death summary I read in a Guatemalan newspaper, Nuestro Diario, on Nov. 24. It stated that 2,288…

November 26, 2014

Letters to the Editor

STEAM Park is locally crafted project

The plan for the cultural/science center is multifaceted. It would be the first river-front redevelopment in Durango open to the…

November 26, 2014

Letters to the Editor

Permanently affix dinosaur head to arc

Jim Hanks Durango

November 25, 2014

Letters to the Editor

All politicians lie and have no morals

They all think they know what is right for all of us, and the truth is, they have no idea,…

November 25, 2014