Letters to the Editor

Ranch residents (part or full-time) and landowners are invited to write "Letters to the Editor" to share information and make commentaries.  They will be posted below.  The hope is that the page will become an exciting place to read what your neighbors are thinking and doing, a place to start organizing with them for projects and causes, and to stimulate everyone’s thinking.  Opinions, even unconventional ones, are welcome.  Topics do not have to be limited to affairs that have exclusively local impact (although those are also welcome).  County, state, national and international affairs (economy, wars, etc.) all can and do have a major local impact.
Comments that use personal attacks and insults, profane language, racist stereotyping, etc. will not be allowed.  No statements that are libelous or directly distort ongoing legal cases will be permitted.  No anonymous submissions will be published on the page.
Writers should try to keep comments as concise, reasonable, and factual as possible. There is a whole world of “reasonable and factual” views that are not normally heard on mainstream media or taught in schools.  Readers will likely find these views informative and convincing only if statements are backed by logic and evidence.
Letters can be submitted through the "Contact Us" page or emailed to hla@hammondlandowners.org.  They will be reviewed by the “editor” (HLA board member Dan Axelrod, for starters) to be sure they fit the above general guidelines.  Those that fit will appear on the page “as is.”  Those that do not fit will be sent back to the author for self-revision or withdrawal.  The editor will not do any revisions.  The editor will also confirm that the submission is authentic (i.e., really written by the “author”) before publication.  The editor and board members can also be authors. It is hoped this page will add significantly to the level of communication and culture at the Ranch.  However, it is “only a test,” and if the page does not serve this general beneficial goal, it may be discontinued or at least the guidelines modified. 
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