We want your letters to the editor. They must be signed and must include your address, hometown and phone number. Short, typed letters of fewer than 150 words get preference. Letters of more than 300 words are discouraged.
Writers are limited to one letter per month.
If you wish to comment on a letter, column or article that ran previously in The Tribune, you should include the date the previous letter appeared. The editor reserves the right to reject letters as well as to edit those selected for publication. Poetry is not published. Letters that are libelous or contain personal attacks or essentially untrue statements will not be printed. Your letters should be mailed to Letters to the Editor, The Tribune, P.O. Box 112, San Luis Obispo, CA 93406.