LTE-Letters to The Editor by: TGA Director of Media John Hilt

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Comment by John Hilt on May 8, 2011 at 9:32am

Hi Beryl, very glad to have you in LTE!  Jackie, thanks for sending three letters.Your're a trooper!

Sorry took me so long to respond, was out precinct walking and didn't check emails for a whole day.

Comment by Beryl Nichols on May 7, 2011 at 9:26pm

John, nice to see you again at the PTRO this morning!  I have been asleep at the wheel lately and just found out about the LTE group today. ( I know, IF I would click on the TGA page I might learn something Ha Ha).  This is a GREAT way for us to do what many of us have wanted to do for years and just didn't know how to get started the right way.  Thank you very much for your qualified leadership in this valuable effort.  You can call on me anytime for help.

Comment by jackie menconi on May 7, 2011 at 6:35am

John thanks for all that info but it came to late for me I sent out 3 letters to the Tribune, Sun Times and The Heald but I did not make a copy of my letters I only printed out a conf. for my self as a record  Sorry  Keep up the good work

Comment by carol ann parisi on May 7, 2011 at 6:33am

NICE WORK JOHN THANK YOU FOR ALL THE VALUABLE INFORMATION!!!!

Comment by John Hilt on May 6, 2011 at 11:02pm

A SIMPLE WAY TO SEND AN LTE TO THE SUN-TIMES..........
Dear Members,
In the third message below this one, you'll find some rather complex instructions for sending LTE's to the Sun-Times........here is a simplified version!
1) Your emailed LTE should be sent to letters@suntimes.com
The subject of the email should be called "op ed submission".
2) At the end of the letter, put your day and evening phone numbers, and your
address.
NOTE: A typical salutation is "Dear Editor". You'll want to modify your selected
"template" letter a little bit, because the templates are written to be sent to
a legislator, rather than an editor.
NOTE 2: They like it if you attach a picture of yourself to the email, but it's not
a necessity.

Comment by John Hilt on May 6, 2011 at 10:07pm

Dear Members,
Please don't forget to make copies of your LTE's so we can keep a record of the "Day of Deliverance" campaign! This can be done either by emailing a copy to me or Carol, or by printing out a paper copy.
Some newspapers have systems that make this process a little difficult, and you end up with a crude or incomplete copy, but even a crummy copy may still be okay for record-keeping purposes.
Thanks,
John

Comment by John Hilt on May 6, 2011 at 10:02pm

INFO ON SENDING LTE'S TO HERALD
Dear Members,
The steps for the Herald are similar to those for the Sun-Times, (see below).....
so, I'll just give an abbreviated list of steps.......
1) Click on "Discuss"
2) Scroll about half-way down the page.....find a box called "Submit a Letter"..
at the bottom of the box, click on "Send your comments now".

Comment by John Hilt on May 6, 2011 at 9:51pm

INFO ON SENDING LTE'S TO SUN-TIMES
Dear Members,
Here are the steps I found to be necessary for sending LTE's to Sun-Times......
1) Click on above Sun-Times link in "Links To Press For Letters To Editor".
This will take you to a Sun-Times page that displays the message, "The
link you requested cannot be found". Do not be dismayed.
2) Near the top of the page, click on "Opinion".
3) On the "Opinion" page, click on "Submit Letter to Editor".
4) Now you can type in your LTE. Don't forget to make a copy for our records,
BEFORE submitting it! To do this, rest the cursor on "share", then select
"print". Select page "3". It will only print the first couple of paragraphs of
your LTE, but that will be good enough for record-keeping purposes.
5) Also under the "share" icon, you have the choice of emailing a copy of the
LTE. I didn't have any luck with this......it kept emailing blank pages. If
anyone can figure out how to do it, please let the rest of us know how it's
done!
NOTE: Before starting the above process, you'll want to modify your template
a little bit......these templates are worded to be sent to legislators, rather
editors.

Comment by John Hilt on May 5, 2011 at 4:00pm

Hi Jackie, Bruce, Roberta, and Carol, glad to have you on board!  We need to get 4 Letters to the Editor composed (from templates) and sent off by Monday.  Hope a few people will be able to take an hour or so off from Mother's Day entertaining.

I will post more info later this evening......anyone should feel free to call my cell at 312-671-0909.        John

Comment by carol ann parisi on May 5, 2011 at 6:25am

Also, please drive all in you know to the website on this issue at : http://fixillinoispensionsnow.com/

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