No empty epistles, thank you
Please do not run anonymous letters, “name withheld”. Your policy invites abuse. If a speaker in a courtroom wishes to be anonymous, he/she needs permission of the judge based on good cause(protective order, vandalism threats). And how about limiting a ‘letter’ to a few hundred words, at most. Our city’s main newspaper puts it at 150.
I found the full-page letter by Niki Roth, “View from the cleanup crew” very interesting but she should have done it as an article, with a photograph. Call it “Op-Ed”. Readers’ attention span as to ‘letters’ is limited. I’ve been writing letters for at least 60 years, and as a councilman and state official listened to testimony from everyone and their brother. I am all for accountability and transparency. Keep up the good work.