The Co-op newsletter editorial staff recently met with our new general manager, Seth Marcantonio. One thing we discussed was a policy for letters to the editor published in the newsletter.

With the Co-op board elections (as well as all the other city, state, and federal elections) on the horizon, we decided to be proactive and clearly state that we will not publish letters supporting candidates for the Co-op board or any other political election.

Our reasoning: here in Moscow, the local newspapers are filled with literally hundreds of candidate support letters at every election. The Co-op newsletter does not need to duplicate that service. Additionally, since the Co-op pays for the space in the newsletter, we thought that spending that money on candidate support letters was not appropriate and would not be appreciated by most Co-op owner/members.

We decided to also eliminate any letters to the editor written to share a non-relevant political perspective, an essay, or a diatribe. Co-op newsletter letters to the editor must be directly relevant to the Co-op or its products (and must include the name and hometown of the author).

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