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Position: Special to the Herald
Email: actionline@durangoherald.com
I’m a parent of a 9-R student and I keep rolling my eyes about the absurd permission form I had to sign for the solar eclipse. The district required parents to waive all liability if a kid looks at...
DATE: Aug. 20, 2017 | COLUMN: Action Line
My son wants to ride his bike to Animas High School. So he showed me a photo of the sign directing northbound bicycle traffic how to turn west to go on U.S. Highway 160. I don’t get it. How can...
DATE: Aug. 13, 2017 | COLUMN: Action Line
While driving around La Plata County, I wonder why the county commissions can’t enact laws that force people to clean up their abandon cars, scrap mobile homes and other junk. If you want to live...
DATE: Aug. 6, 2017 | COLUMN: Action Line
For years the clock at the La Plata County Courthouse has shown the time and chimed at the top of the hour. However, the past few weeks it has been silent and the hands unmoving. Why? Will it ever...
DATE: July 31, 2017 | COLUMN: Action Line
I was waiting to cross at the 19th Street and Main Avenue crosswalk. One driver stopped. I waved him on because there was too much traffic. Instead, he said, “Step out – make those other cars...
DATE: July 23, 2017 | COLUMN: Action Line
What’s up with the red yard signs along North College Drive? They say, “Drive Like Your Kids Live Here.” Maybe they could have other signs, such as “Drive Like a Person from Sun City, Arizona.”...
DATE: July 16, 2017 | COLUMN: Action Line
I love dogs and I have two that go almost everywhere with me. But I just came home from Walmart and City Market and there were three dogs in each grocery store, either carried, riding in the cart...
DATE: July 9, 2017 | COLUMN: Action Line
I was driving around town and saw a newly constructed fence around a home. The two-by-fours supporting the fence were facing the street, with the “good” side of the fence facing the home. It looked...
DATE: June 26, 2017 | COLUMN: Action Line
Why are there so few trash cans along the Animas River Trail, particularly the stretch from 32nd Street down to Rotary Park? It seems to me that downtown has an overabundance of trash cans. Would...
DATE: June 20, 2017 | COLUMN: Action Line
Regarding CDOT’s “improvement project” on U.S. Highway 550 through town: How does grinding down the road surface “prolong the life” of pavement? Also, the project was supposed to get rid of “ghost...
DATE: June 6, 2017 | COLUMN: Action Line
When I’m out walking around the neighborhood, I’ve noticed most homes have a corded semi-transparent blue box attached to a post that’s set in the strip between the sidewalk and the curb. What are...
DATE: May 30, 2017 | COLUMN: Action Line
Last Sunday, I read with disbelief about the woman who successfully sued Maria’s Bookshop for a quarter million bucks after she tripped over a dog bowl and broke her ankle. So my question is this:...
DATE: May 23, 2017 | COLUMN: Action Line
