Letters to the Editor

Letter: Why did my liberal friends vote for Biden-Harris?

I have tried to come up with some reasonable answers. It appears they don’t want Americans to have good paying…

Letter: We deserve better than Rep. Lauen Boebert

Some people find the actions of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her radical far-left “squad” to be disturbing. And some find the…

Letter: Carbon fee, dividend could help offset declining fossil-fuel revenues

Market and regulatory pressures continue to mount. We are in the midst of an energy transition, whether we want to…

Letter: Hunters, anglers support the CORE Act

The Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy (CORE) Act would help ensure the future of our hunting and fishing heritage and…

Letter: We’ve got enough tourists already

But what she doesn’t seem to understand is that the small-town quality of life here in Durango is under siege…

Letter: Wish we’d seen more archived pictures of Snowdown

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Letter: Letters proposing ban on wood burning are comical

State your objections to wood burning, and have your voice heard. Will the authorities put this into action, while allowing…

Letter: Missing Snowdown and looking forward to its return

Like many, I missed our cabin-fever reliever. I truly missed my January family of fellow Snowdown revelers and “Folliespians.” This…

Letter: Proposed lodgers’ tax increase is just fine for this visitor

It will not stop my yearly trek to the “real” mountains. San Diego, too, is a tourist destination, and our…

Letter: City manager should be able to buy a Durango home

I find it hard to believe that he is unable to find a suitable home within city limits that also…

Letter: 30X30 plan protects needed symbiosis in nature

Not everyone realizes we are in a constant state of symbiosis with the world around us. While these relationships are…

Letter: Republicans aid and abet Trump the criminal

Certainly violations of the emoluments clause, graft, violations of the Hatch Act, inciting insurrection, election interference, soliciting foreign involvement in…

Letter: Another ‘vote’ for phasing out wood burning

Wood smoke contains toxic chemicals similar to cigarette smoke as well as tiny PM2.5 particles that, when breathed in, can…

Letter: Republican officials must speak truth

Republican elected officials must begin to speak truth to their constituents, rather than take the mercenary and shallow way forward…

Letter: Our nation faces a psychological crisis

Therefore, is our scientifically highly advanced country in a crisis when half a million U.S. deaths make up 25% of…

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Letter: Constitution is the law of the land

Are we going to stand up for our freedom? Are we going to stand up for our country and our…

Letter: Ask LPEA to to take the lead on better broadband

Yes, there is decent broadband in a few places, but most of us are stuck with mediocre service at best.…

Letter: SJBPH director is properly protecting the public

Why on earth you would protest the director of San Juan Basin Public Health for doing her job? It is…

Letter: Biden should treat all leaders with respect

According to Amnesty International, 400,000 Iraqi civilians, in the third-largest oil-rich nation, unnecessarily died during the reign of George W.…

Letter: Protesters at health directors’ home should be arrested

While this is not of the scale of the Jan. 6 insurrection invasion of the Capitol, this is not American,…

Letter: Elected officials should do what’s right, not politically advantageous

This reality did not start with Obama or Trump. The extremist behavior across America in 2020 only painfully underscores how…

Letter: SJBPH director should not enforce state COVID-19 mandates

First off, the demonstration was not in “front of” San Juan Basin Public Health’s Executive Director Liane Jollon’s home, not…

Letter: We must rise to the challenges of the decade

We have become self-centered and gave excuses against masks and social distancing instead of considering the health and welfare of…