Letters need numbers
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- July
- 16
It’s back to basics here, folks. When you send a letter to the editor, you must, must, must include your address and a daytime phone number. That’s for letters sent via the U.S. Postal Service, the fax machine or to letters@lohud.com via e-mail. We only publish your name and municipality (town, village or even hamlet) but not your street or phone number. We need the latter for verification purposes. And yes, we verify letters (refer to this April 17 post, “Why We call,” in the Opinion Exchange blog if you wonder why.)
I bring this up because today I received a rather pointed letter about the Stony Point Little League and the arrest of the league’s ex-treasurer on accusations of stealing at least $130,000 from the league. But I can’t read the name. I tried to guess at the address, and even tried to consult a reverse directory, but that didn’t turn up any leads. And, the writer didn’t include a phone number. The whole letter is handwritten, and that’s OK! Even not the greatest penmenship can be deciphered. But, the name, that’s key. And the phone number. So, if you are snail-mailing a letter to the editor, make sure you PRINT your name and include a phone number so we can verify you are you and you sent your letter. We want to publish varied opinions, but we need to be able to read them first.
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on Thursday, July 16th, 2009 at 1:23 pm by Nancy Cutler.
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