Today’s opinion page includes some letters to the editor endorsing one or more candidates for the Nov. 4 election. That is one week from Tuesday.
This means we will only run endorsement letters for one more issue of the Great Bend Tribune, and that is the Thursday, Oct. 30 edition. If you want to submit a letter, it needs to be headed our way today. Remember, we will create Thursday’s opinion page on Wednesday morning. So if you plan to deliver it in person, we need it by 10 a.m. If you want to send an email, do it now. We’ll look in our email inboxes and junk email folders first thing in the morning and if it comes later there’s a good chance we won’t see it in time. The Tribune will make every effort to run legitimate letters, but time is running out for this election.
Letters will be printed on a first-come, first-served basis as space is available. Candidates may not submit letters until after the election, but letters of endorsement from others are welcome.
Submissions may not exceed 600 words and must include the letter writer’s name, which will be printed. Although only the name (and title if appropriate) and home town are printed, all letters must contain at least a daytime phone number and a current address, including city of residence. Email addresses, although nice to have, are not sufficient.
Letters must be from a specifically named individual, not a fictional name or alias. Initials are not acceptable unless that is how the community knows and addresses the submitter. The individual can be part of a group but there must always be an individual’s name(s) assigned to a letter. Anonymous letters will not run.
Letters must be in good taste and must be the author’s original work. Letters must (in our opinion) not be legally actionable and letters may not take a particular business to task. We reserve the right to edit letters for clarity, content and length. Profanity will be edited out.
You can see the races you’ll be voting on at Vote411.org. If candidates submitted answers to questions, they can be viewed on that website.
