Letters to the Editor

Time for new blood at the sheriff’s office

Kudos to Sean Smith for stepping up to the plate. Schirard is making us an offer we cannot afford to…

June 8, 2014

Farmers market board is self-serving

In this scenario, if a farmer decides to brew a pot of coffee and sell it at his stand, so…

June 8, 2014

Latest parking proposal is a joke

Within the past year, the City Council has approximately doubled the rates for parking meters and also nearly doubled parking…

CDOT’s bag of blunders keeps filling

In its latest folly, CDOT will be installing a concrete island on U.S. Highway 160 west,completely eliminating left turns off…

Action needed on Browns Canyon

Browns Canyon on the Arkansas River is another rafting mecca. Like Durango, nearby Colorado communities benefit from visitors who are…

Sheriff debate showed striking differences

Sheriff Duke Schirard spent more than 30 minutes complaining about not having enough budget to work with, despite having a…

VA problems hint at larger issue

Dave Semadeni Hesperus

Remove green paint before tragedy strikes

The city is really asking for a big lawsuit by putting cyclists out there in this suicide zone and is…

Global warming is about taxing industries

By the left attacking our energy sector, costs for power go up, and thus manufacturers ship jobs to China, where…

Sheriff should be able to handle scheduling

A basic skill for any manager is know how to properly schedule employees and allow for emergencies. Schirard has access…

June 5, 2014

Keep farmers market vendors varied

The board seems to be comprised only of agricultural vendors and one token nonag individual with no voting power. As…

June 5, 2014

Dividers create snow problem

Eleanor Miller Durango

June 4, 2014

Past time to demand rational gun control

As reported in The New York Times, the grief-stricken father of Christopher Martinez, one of the students killed in the…

June 4, 2014

Give veterans a choice for health care

Even though I am a vet, I have never used the VA system – first, because I am not a…

June 4, 2014

Sewer customers paid for lavish party

At the April 15 City Council meeting, City Manager Ron LeBlanc said they needed the 127 residents’ money to pay…

June 3, 2014

Help stop modern slave trade

There are 27 million slaves in the world today, and their only hope is a few organizations, which are scattered…

June 3, 2014

All should know the rules for service dogs

First, the motel was wrong for flatly denying them a room. They simply can’t do that. As the article says,…

June 3, 2014

Sheriff Duke Schirard right to drop ICE holds

Together with CIRC, Compañeros is presenting a policy of RESPECT, or reinforcing effective, safe policing and enhancing community trust. Schirard’s…

Some climate change facts are indisputable

With all this conflicting “scientific” information, just how does one come to a proper conclusion about climate change, especially if…

Disarmed Californians could not stop killer

Dianna Rivers Bayfield

Animas High School’s graduation: Loved it!

I was in tears most of the ceremony. The talks, not speeches, by both students and faculty were brave, honest…

Learn difference between justice, revenge

Arapahoe County District Attorney George Brauchler said, “We probably inherited a culture that viewed this as less serious than many…