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Word limit?

...WilliamsAitkinEditor's note: Thanks for your comments. Generally, we like to stick to the 300 word limit, but occasionally, we will allow additional words if we determine that editing down to 300 words would destroy the letter writer's message.

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/open-forum/2013-02-24/word-limit
Open Forum
Communicate differences with civility, build bridges

...spin."That's the part everyone is aware of. The letter writer stopped by Tuesday and asked to speak with me.What happened next was totally unexpected. The letter writer was in my office to apologize. It took a lot of guts...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/2012-12-23/communicate-differences-civility-
Opinion
Guns 'n God

A letter writer on Dec. 19 summarized the "social fabric" problem we have with guns with these words in an imagined response to a student's...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/open-forum/2012-12-20/guns-n-god
Open Forum
Campaign is over

...done a preliminary search, but I can't seem to find Mr. Lueck's concerns published anywhere at that time.The letter writer, when making the case that I have voted against rural Minnesota, also fails to mention that I, with many other rural...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/open-forum/2013-01-28/campaign-over
Open Forum
County Government Spending?The Whole Story

...the highest paid employee in the county, drawing a six-figure salary plus benefits. He is an awfully expensive letter writer and his talents could be better utilized administering county business rather than engaging in the political debate...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/guest-columns/2012-07-01/county-government-s
Guest Columns
Perhaps Moore is more than Bartlett

A letter writer from Aitkin recently claimed that economist Bruce Bartlett (ex-GOP-economist, cum neo-Keynesian) has "punctured" the...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/open-forum/2012-07-22/perhaps-moore-more-bar
Open Forum
The Brainerd Daily Foxpatch

...but I must say it is getting harder and harder for me to tolerate the outright smearing of the presiding by not only letter writers but by the paper itself. I am considering whether to keep my subscription at this time. Jim GrimesCrosbyA different...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/open-forum/2012-07-23/brainerd-daily-foxpatc
Open Forum
Mortgage deduction half-truth

...Omnibus Tax Bill that would have eliminated the mortgage interest deduction and other regressive deductions - but, the letter writer left out the fact that in the same bill I voted to replace those deductions with tax credits that would have been more...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/open-forum/2012-09-06/mortgage-deduction-hal
Open Forum
Gazelka's values don't match ours

...can't both be telling the truth. Gazelka broke his promise to MCCL to support all their legislation. Republican letter writers can't change that, so let's quit pretending 93 percent is really 100 percent, and move on to other items Republicans...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/open-forum/2012-09-27/gazelkas-values-dont-m
Open Forum
Misrepresentation

...here," Strand said Thursday. After initially thinking the letter was humorous, he became curious as to who the letter writer was and concerned that in a close race even a few votes for him could hurt Radinovich."All the people who read this...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/political/2012-10-25/misrepresentation
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