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Dear Action Line: Is it true you took a job with city and are giving up the column? – Dazed and Confused Dear Dazed: It is true. This is my final column. I have taken a job with the city of...
DATE: Dec. 7, 2020 | COLUMN: Action Line
Dear Action Line: I was walking along the Animas River Trail by Smelter Rapids the other day and looked up to see what looks like an old adobe building with a door and windows on the hillside. Is...
DATE: Nov. 30, 2020 | COLUMN: Action Line
Dear Action Line: I forgot the name of our new city manager, so I did a Google search for “Durango City Manager,” but the photo of Amber Blake showed up. Is this proof that there is a Deep State in...
DATE: Nov. 23, 2020 | COLUMN: Action Line
Dear Action Line: We live near a state highway. A couple of months ago rumble bumps were installed down the middle of the road. Since that time, we have been constantly entertained by the “burp,...
DATE: Nov. 16, 2020 | COLUMN: Action Line
Dear Action Line: It’s pretty much agreed that hikers who don’t pick up their dog waste on the trail are going straight to hell. But what about those who bag it and just leave it on the trail...
DATE: Nov. 9, 2020 | COLUMN: Action Line
Dear Action Line: Why is there a hole in the center of my ballot envelope? Are people looking through it to see how I voted? Is there something nefarious at work? – My ballot, all mine. Dear Mine:...
DATE: Nov. 2, 2020 | COLUMN: Action Line
Dear Action Line: I have almost been run over multiple times at the pedestrian crosswalk on Camino del Rio near River City Hall/Backcountry Experience. Someone is going to die if people continue to...
DATE: Oct. 26, 2020 | COLUMN: Action Line
Dear Action Line: The Animas River flow rate is slowly falling toward the 100 cfs mark. Has it ever fallen below 100, into double digits? – Drying Up Dear Drying: The U.S. Geological Survey has...
DATE: Oct. 19, 2020 | COLUMN: Action Line
Dear Action Line: For the past few years I’ve had to drive through the open pit mining that’s going on at the north entrance to Walmart. I’m all for resource extraction, but isn’t this the kind of...
DATE: Oct. 12, 2020 | COLUMN: Action Line
Dear Action Line: Why do people insist on turning left onto north Main Avenue from the north City Market parking lot, despite having a “No Left Turn” sign right there at the exit! Why can’t CDOT...
DATE: Oct. 5, 2020 | COLUMN: Action Line
Dear Action Line: Why is there a flashing stop sign at East Fourth Avenue and Eighth Street? It is powered by a solar panel but blocked by a large tree. Is this going to be the new normal in...
DATE: Sept. 28, 2020 | COLUMN: Action Line
Dear Action Line: With the new Animas River Trail extension to Oxbow Park, can I access the river south or east of the 36th and Silverton streets intersection? There are “No River Access” signs...
DATE: Sept. 21, 2020 | COLUMN: Action Line
