DS - Letters to the Editor https://tj.durangoherald.com/section/ds-letters-to-the-editor/feed/ Latest local news from The Durango Herald. Sat, 15 Aug 2026 02:47:31 -0600 en-us 30 https://tj.durangoherald.com/letter-to-the-editor-blm-misleads-on-oil-and-gas-leases/ In an August 18 article, the Journal reported “BLM field manager. explained that the act of leasing does not autho­rize any development or use of the surface of lease lands, without further application by the operator and approval by the... Wed, 16 Sep 2015 19:09:08 -0600 91E7CFE0-DD57-47B9-A2AA-ED4B57870C17 https://tj.durangoherald.com/good-friends-make-the-world-go-around/ Dear Friends, Nice to visit with you at my “farewell party” on August 30 at the Elks. A special thanks to all who made the fanciful appetizers and Odis for playing great music. Good friends make the world go around.... Wed, 09 Sep 2015 19:21:53 -0600 F050A98D-8EB2-486B-AFB6-3CC46EFDD745 https://tj.durangoherald.com/thanks-for-the-help-with-school-supplies-2/ Montelores Baptist Church would like to take this opportunity to publicly thank Wal-Mart Stores for their generous discount on the school supplies that we purchased there for donation to Pleasant View Elementary School and to Lewis-Arriola Elementary School. It is... Wed, 09 Sep 2015 19:21:52 -0600 F201F458-D921-44C2-A721-0DF34DD9BBE6 https://tj.durangoherald.com/lease-sale-raises-unanswered-questions-2/ I am strongly opposed to the gas lease sale of parcel 7379 in Montezuma County. This 720-acre parcel is at the east end of Road Z, in sections 11 and 14, just half a mile from the dam at McPhee... Wed, 09 Sep 2015 19:19:44 -0600 4688A3C0-A989-4FDE-8CCD-A758E7627C91 https://tj.durangoherald.com/coaches-action-sent-kids-bad-message/ Did you watch the Cortez/Montezuma County High School Varsity Football game Friday evening to see if what the assistant coaches desired to implement would show respectably when the team met Miyamura? Did we see indeed an impressive showing? The cheer... Wed, 09 Sep 2015 19:19:43 -0600 CCC21465-8465-47DF-83D6-29FC25FCA748 https://tj.durangoherald.com/letter-to-the-editor-coach-wagner-was-on-the-right-track/ It has just come to my attention that the new High School Sr. Varsity Football Coach, Dave Wagner, has been terminated. This is a man that early on recognized the irresponsibility of MCHS in replacing faulty equipment. He recognized that... Wed, 02 Sep 2015 19:31:03 -0600 D1D5E000-024F-4E21-88C6-F7340BB7AF8E https://tj.durangoherald.com/letter-to-the-editor-whose-parade-is-it/ Several years ago when the American Legion failed to obtain a permit in time for the Veterans Day parade the parade moved from Main St to Montezuma. I wrote the paper at that time hoping to get the parade moved... Wed, 26 Aug 2015 23:30:12 -0600 DC7F9BF2-3BC2-4348-A269-BF12A900D15A https://tj.durangoherald.com/cortez-makes-good-move-against-blight/ Congratulations to the city of Cortez in taking a small step toward reducing blight. I anticipate that the process of reducing blight will have financial and political hurdles and thus take time. Nonetheless, it’s a start. I challenge the county... Wed, 12 Aug 2015 16:11:24 -0600 77797EA9-009B-404F-B4F7-3A9823AD8A27 https://tj.durangoherald.com/planned-parenthood-project-looking-like-a-nazi-experiment/ The recent revelation that Planned Parenthood is selling body parts for profit puts them in the same category as the Nazis in the Third Reich. The only difference is that the Nazi considered their utilization of the gold teeth, hair... Wed, 12 Aug 2015 16:11:23 -0600 CBD15418-2E45-4CE1-B1D2-CFD4A50AB695 https://tj.durangoherald.com/thanks-for-help-with-summer-reading-program/ Dear Editor, The Dolores Public Library just finished six fun-filled weeks of the Summer Reading Program, “Every Hero Has a Story.” The reading logs will continue through Aug. 8, but I would like to thank the people who have made... Wed, 29 Jul 2015 14:52:33 -0600 D49C4A77-6B32-4FCC-ABA3-68E486025746 https://tj.durangoherald.com/letters-to-the-editor-six-years-is-enough-time-for-tipton/ I was an original supporter of Scott Tipton for the State Legislature and supported him with time and money to get him elected to Congress. I must admit that sadly it appears that he is now firmly in the pocket... Wed, 15 Jul 2015 15:13:30 -0600 BA17B7AA-C61C-4EB1-B2F9-4C3ED331CB06 https://tj.durangoherald.com/thank-you-letter-family-thankful-for-kindness/ The family of Winborn L. (Windy) Davis would like to say thank you to everyone who was so kind to us at this very difficult time. Windy fought his cancer for 11 years, so there are many doctors and nurses... Wed, 15 Apr 2015 16:28:34 -0600 343CB3BA-1428-40EC-AC32-4847EC5EEE69 https://tj.durangoherald.com/letter-to-the-editor-kids-deserve-safety-justice-and-healing/ Dear Editor, We are Juniors at Dolores High School and we chose to do our Service Learning Project at Four Corners Child Advocacy Center. Over the past 6 months, we have weeded, cleaned, shopped, helped out at parades, volunteered at... Wed, 15 Apr 2015 16:28:20 -0600 CA360E9B-786C-45A5-8561-6721CFC3CBA1 https://tj.durangoherald.com/come-on-legislators-say-yea-or-nay/ I was a registered Republican for many years, until 2008 when I had my fill of the lies and non-performance of the GOP on all levels. I am now a registered Independent who does not have much use for either... Tue, 17 Mar 2015 15:40:54 -0600 E5C3940C-2A61-4265-ABF2-C2F218A5716C https://tj.durangoherald.com/residents-thankful-to-road-crews/ We would like to take this opportunity to thank members of the Montezuma County Road Department and the Montezuma County Commissioners for making our lives a little safer. Their efforts to move the dangerous intersection at Highway 184 and County... Wed, 21 Jan 2015 19:45:38 -0700 B2D2CCE3-8479-409E-976C-1437CDF9C622 https://tj.durangoherald.com/backyard-feeders-are-not-treacherous/ I am 67, and I can tell you that feeding birds has long been under scrutiny. While appropriate food, season and feeder must be considered, wildlife authorities agree there is no harm in feeding birds from feeders. Kate Burke’s recent... Wed, 31 Dec 2014 16:45:08 -0700 8604FBA3-D2CB-4C78-A5EE-6D0D03C2E44C https://tj.durangoherald.com/why-michael-brown-were-on-this-planet-together/ Why the Michael Browns matter to me: because we are all on this planet together. Families, mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, friends are all grieving. And yes, some are angry. Understandably. When I was a teenager, I did some things I... Mon, 15 Dec 2014 04:49:36 -0700 6088184C-C315-4DD1-81E6-CE033880CBD9 https://tj.durangoherald.com/reaction-to-protesters-is-sad/ I am saddened by the reaction that three women, who are highlighting a possible injustice in Ferguson by holding signs, has received in the letters to the editor. A young black man was doing no more than walking in the... Wed, 10 Dec 2014 19:05:29 -0700 ACBEA218-26F1-4E1F-85F0-3585E1136621 https://tj.durangoherald.com/thank-you-letters-thanks-to-our-community/ I really want to thank everyone in the county for their support in the county commission race. It was a wonderful experience for both my wife Dawn and I. I feel it was an honor and a privilege to be... Wed, 12 Nov 2014 18:00:41 -0700 EFCEE326-4E57-4AD5-8066-37F299A151EE https://tj.durangoherald.com/rotary-club-thankful-for-sponsors/ The Dolores Rotary Club would like to thank all of its Escalante Days Bike Race and Bike Rodeo sponsors including Osprey Packs, The Valley Inn and Vista Grande Inn Skilled Nursing Facilities, Empire Electric, The Dolores State Bank, First Southwest... Wed, 27 Aug 2014 18:08:21 -0600 D7595346-E47A-41AF-B0EA-D1822BC5A4D7 https://tj.durangoherald.com/standing-up-at-dolores-river-valley-meeting/ Thank you to the more than 60 Montezuma County residents that participated in the hearing for the Dolores River Valley Plan proposed changes on July 7, 2014. There were many good speakers with thoughtful comments. Some were very nervous to... Wed, 09 Jul 2014 22:17:53 -0600 6A492EC4-D616-46D0-B908-0E60F757E91A https://tj.durangoherald.com/commissioners-miss-the-boat-on-tdrs/ Just when you think that the Montezuma County Commissioners couldn’t possibly do anything more ludicrous than banning non-native species from entering the county, they did! At the public hearing Monday, July 7, they voted to abolish Transferable Development Rights (TDRs)... Wed, 09 Jul 2014 22:17:52 -0600 7F4C062A-FCDF-4332-88B1-111BF5584096 https://tj.durangoherald.com/vote-against-eminent-domain/ Rep. Don Coram, our representative in the Colorado State House, says his top value is to “Protect Our Individual and Property Rights.” Yet his staff told me today that he plans to vote YES on SB 93, which will expand... Wed, 02 Apr 2014 20:39:17 -0600 55EB700B-F694-4AB9-82BB-802119E6359F https://tj.durangoherald.com/demand-more-of-county-employees/ Recent articles in your paper, concerning Sheriff Spruell, Officer Cronk, and Laurie Cooper, should help the public consider how people in important jobs in our county can be elected or appointed to these positions, without the qualifications or temperament suitable... Wed, 02 Apr 2014 20:39:03 -0600 04395EAC-A79E-4AA8-A786-81EB9B7A4529