Letters to the Editor

Editorial board lacks economy skills

With the remaining shares of Chrysler purchased from the UAW retirement fund by Fiat (they got those shares at no…

January 4, 2014

Legislature should stay away from lawns

Grass lawns provide an attractive and clean answer, and they slow rain water runoff and prevent erosion. And it can…

January 4, 2014

Letters to the Editor

City should explain single-stream recycling

How many residents are currently without cans? What exactly happens to the single-stream recycled materials once they have been collected?…

January 4, 2014

Letters to the Editor

Local officials need to bring pot now

So, are Telluride’s officials smarter than ours or do they just work harder? Ours would rather argue about plastic bags…

January 4, 2014

Letters to the Editor

State needs strong carbon-pollution limits

Yet, it was also a year full of progress in the effort to cut the carbon pollution fueling the problem.…

January 4, 2014

Letters to the Editor

End talks on human-caused climate change

Myth: Al Gore’s claim in the past that by now the Arctic ice cap would be gone. Fact: Last year,…

January 2, 2014

Letters to the Editor

Increased C02 levels beneficial for planet

Wishon, quoting a Herald article (Nov. 7), went on: “the lead article reported … that carbon dioxide content in the…

January 2, 2014

Letters to the Editor

Parking frenzy rested solely on merchants

It’s too bad the other downtown merchants don’t understand retail means people come into your place of business to purchase…

December 31, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Use calculator to help insurance shopping

In actual fact, according to the calculator function on the Connect for Health website, a 29-year-old Durango resident making $20,000…

December 30, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Keep roads safe: Don’t drink, drug and drive

Recreational marijuana use becomes legal in Colorado on Jan. 1 – joining Washington as the first two states to legalize,…

December 30, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Christmas magic has been replaced by greed

We’ve become a society that believes success is blatantly flaunting our money, even to our children. What does that teach…

December 29, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Employees abused city’s gift of free parking

As quoted in the story, Alan Cuenca of Put-a-Cork-in-It got it right, saying: “Idealistically, it was a good idea, but…

December 29, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Support bipartisan Hermosa Creek bill

The bill has had a Senate subcommittee hearing and will soon to go through markup. There has yet to be…

December 28, 2013

Letters to the Editor

New year will see property tax changes

I’ll recap the tax district changes for the year: There were the Animas, Hermosa and city of Durango elections, which…

December 28, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Forget Obamacare; emulate Britain, Canada

And many are losing their existing policies and their choice of doctors. Some say we had to do something to…

December 28, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Skip gas and head straight to solar power

My next thought is for anyone who’s ever been swimming in the Colorado River, which recently showed evidence of hormone-disrupting…

December 28, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Barr believed in future teachers’ success

To an emerging educator, Barr’s passion for education and her commitment to her community is awe-inspiring. I unfortunately never had…

December 23, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Board did right thing in choosing Spradling

It amazes me that there are some people in Durango who are so quick to judge others, to spread rumors…

December 23, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Proud, grateful to be counted as Durangoan

Durango had long forgotten my family’s traditional cattle ranching; it no longer bought vegetables from us “lowly farmers.” I had…

December 23, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Did the Grinch work out city’s parking plan?

Deactivating the parking meters during this peak holiday season, which attracts many tourists to our wonderful little city, certainly has…

December 22, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Help FLC divest itself of fossil fuels

I am writing to express my full support of this campaign and its intentions. We are well aware the combustion…

December 22, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Choosing Spradling ruins 9-R’s credibility

Kathleen Murphy Durango Editor’s note: The story referred to has been open for online comments. As the Herald’s website advises,…

December 21, 2013

Letters to the Editor

FLC largely absent in debate over austerity

The conventional wisdom is that a national economy is just like a household budget. Therefore, it implies we must tighten…

December 21, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Cloud-seeding is destroying blue skies

Go outside and see the evident crisscross lines or straight lines that have filled the sky and dispersed into a…

December 21, 2013