• Write a brief letter (maximum of 250 words) on a timely public issue, preferably one that has been covered by this newspaper.
• Make your point quickly.
• Include your name, home address and a daytime telephone number. (If you don't include your name, address and telephone number, we can't consider your letter for publication.
• Remember, all letters are subject to editing.
• Most letters are edited for length, clarity, grammar and good taste.
• Choose your words carefully. Letters that contain potentially libelous or slanderous statements will likely be edited or rejected.
• We prefer to have letters submitted in typed or electronically transmitted form. However, we will accept handwritten letters, providing the handwriting is legible.
• If you are sending handwritten letters by fax, please make sure the writing is dark enough to transmit clearly.
• Letter writers are limited to no more than one letter published every 30 days.