APV’s Gripe with Snail Mail

I look forward to receiving my monthly issue of the "Poinciana Pioneer" and applaud the paper's improved looks - both online and in print - but I have noticed a consistent something that I've been wanting to bring up for the longest time. It's about some of the resident letters published in this paper.

The way I figure it, the APV must not be getting very many letters from residents because, far too often, what is published is either difficult to read or verbose. Or, as recently as the December 2007 issue, they're pointless diatribes complete with grammatical errors brandished about like fireworks.

I have wondered at times if this is done on purpose, a kind of editor's laugh-at-the-dumb-folks approach, but it is done so consistently that I have to believe that the editor of the "Poinciana Pioneer" simply does not have a clue. It really is okay, Mr. Editor, to correct errors found in resident letters that you are about to publish. It's even okay to edit them, especially, if they either make no sense or are discussing a hundred different topics.