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Thank you to Laurie Meininger for speaking out about the misogyny and jokes demeaning women displayed at the local rodeo (“Misogyny and politicking at rodeo: Stop,” Aug. 16). Such disgusting...
DATE: Aug. 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Facts should help shape opinions, but opinions do not determine facts. The ignition source of the 416 Fire is not decided by how many people support or criticize the railroad. The eyewitness and...
DATE: Aug. 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
This is to encourage residents of the Animas Valley to attend the hearing on the Yucha rezone request (Project No. 2018-0022) before the Board of County Commissioners at 10 a.m. Aug. 21. The...
DATE: Aug. 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
In 1972, two guys with typewriters took down a corrupt White House. They were able to do that because back then people listened to their newspapers. That benchmark of the American First Amendment...
DATE: Aug. 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
I recently read that passenger traffic is down at the airport, and today, I again heard the airport ad encouraging all of us to fly out of the airport so we could take a hike earlier in the day....
DATE: Aug. 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
While there has been an outpouring of thanks to the firefighters who saved our community from the 416 Fire, I think our local law enforcement has been somewhat overlooked. In particular, the...
DATE: Aug. 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
My late golden retriever would never call Trump a human. He was too smart a dog! Perhaps some of the canine species are smarter than some human species. It figures. Gifford Holt Durango
DATE: Aug. 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
If there were any lingering doubts as to the leftist leaning of The Durango Herald, reprinting Michelle Goldberg’s column (“The pragmatic left, socialists included, is winning,” Aug. 13) puts them...
DATE: Aug. 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
The city council debates yet another tax increase ballot proposal. At the same time, planners approve spending $2 million over budget for enhancement of Santa Rita Park and continued...
DATE: Aug. 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Beginning almost daily with his first tweet, the cock crowing at dawn, Trump’s contempt for truth, his cultivation of public ignorance, his vanity, his boasting, his appeals to prejudice, his...
DATE: Aug. 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
I recently attended the last True West Rodeo of the season and was dismayed at the active politicking of some local politicians. I was equally dismayed at the sexist and misogynistic comments from...
DATE: Aug. 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
It’s been a tough summer. Wildfires, smoke, mudslides. We all know someone who has been affected in some way. As a downtown merchant I would like to thank the locals for coming down to support the...
DATE: Aug. 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
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