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Topic Started: Jan 15 2006, 09:55 PM (123 Views)
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From The Observer:


Keep those letters to the editor coming


Letters to the editor are an important part of these editorial pages. Thanks in large part to the Wonderland Village and Legacy Initiative, Livonians have provided a plethora of opinions in the last year that has kept us steeped in letters.

We view our letters columns as the public square of our community and we encourage folks to share their viewpoints.

Our policy on running them hasn't changed, but it's worth reminding readers and writers that letters must have a name, address and phone number. We do verify letters. Once in a while we doubt the person who signed the letter actually wrote it. In one recent case, we could tell that a 7-year-old hadn't written a letter identified as being by her. However, since it came from a parent, the tactic seemed to be taken for effect and it seemed so obvious as not to be deceitful.

Letters can't be more than 400 words and they can't be libelous. Otherwise, we do try to run nearly all the letters submitted. There are times when submitted letters don't run, but generally that's because the issue being written about has changed, because the author couldn't be verified, because the same writer had recently been published on the same or similar topic, or there was a concern about libel or fairness. Those last two items, libel or fairness, require judgments.

In any case, keep those letters coming and we'll keep running them.


Originally published January 12, 2006


By all means, lets give them plenty to publish. Send them in!

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send to dvarga@oe.homecomm.net

make sure you add your name
address
telephone number
and e-mail address
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