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May 18, 2008

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All submissions for publication in The Arizona Republic must be accompanied by full name, mailing address and daytime phone number. We use this information to verify the letter's authenticity. The Arizona Republic does not give out any phone numbers or addresses. Letters are published with name and city only.

Letters policy
Here is the policy that Editorial Board editors use in selecting letters to the editor for publication in The Arizona Republic:

1. Letters must be signed. All letters must be verified prior to publication. We don't publish unsigned letters.

2. Clarity, conciseness of language.

3. Diversity of subject matter, the broader the better.

4. Subject matter should be relevant to readers, provocative, constructive, timely. Passion is good. So is humor.

5. No vulgarity. No racial slurs. No otherwise mean-spiritedly insulting terms. No accusations of criminal behavior, even on the part of elected officials. Use common sense.

6. We post a 200-word limit.

7. Letters criticizing The Republic are OK, even encouraged, so long as the criticism is constructive and not mean-spirited.

8. Letters that disagree with editorial stances are every bit as valuable for publication, if not more so, than letters that agree with them.

9. Letters responding to letters are OK. Letters responding to letters responding to letters generally aren't.

10. Letter writers may have no more than one letter published per month.

11. Letters should be timely.

12. Letters to the editor, opinion and editorial columns and articles submitted to The Republic may be published or distributed in print, electronic or other formats.