Author: Durango Herald Editorial Board

City Council meetings anywhere can go off the rails. But Tuesday’s regular meeting in Durango went down in history as the city’s first to be Zoom bombed by about seven intruders who signed up online to comment. The bombers didn’t have anything to say about the proposed Tree Farm Village housing development, the reason for…

Newly on the job, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston has shown his leadership chops on housing policy, homelessness and, most recently, in attempting to manage the high number of migrants arriving in buses from Texas. We appreciate that he’s stood above the crowd and taken action by ring-leading mayors of other cities also feeling the weight…

La Plata County Republican Chairwoman Shelli Shaw followed right in step when Colorado GOP Ballot and Election Security Committee Chairman Ron Hanks sent a directive to county canvass boards on Nov. 22, urging them not to certify results from the Nov. 7 election. We’re reminded of an old saw. If Hanks told Shaw to jump…

President Joe Biden’s visit to Pueblo last Wednesday is our new marker in time when national attention on the 3rd Congressional District ramped up the 2024 U.S. House race, along with Biden’s own presidential campaign. He couldn’t have played it better than at CS Wind, the world’s largest facility for wind tower manufacturing. Standing in…

It’s an interesting choice for attorney John Eastman to represent the Colorado GOP in its lawsuit to block unaffiliated voters from Republican primaries. The lawsuit alleges Proposition 108, approved in 2016, is unconstitutional. Prop 108 required major political parties to allow unaffiliated voters to participate in primary elections. It also included an opt-out clause for…

In the comedy series “Reservation Dogs” about four Native American teens growing up on a reservation in eastern Oklahoma, one scene parodies land acknowledgments. A visiting doctoral student offers a land acknowledgment to pay respects to the traditional caretakers of the land, recognizing the local tribes. Then she takes it further, acknowledging what came before…

Thank goodness, the debt ceiling debacle is over with the passing of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023. We appreciate the delegates who worked toward compromise to avert this crisis. A shout-out to military personnel loyalist Republican U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn of the 5th Congressional District who voted “yes.” And House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who…