Getting labor for free.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)

This spring, the city of Spokane prepared to adopt a comprehensive land-use plan, which had profound changes for our sprawl-weakened community. As decision day approached, our letters page was receiving a random smattering of letters about the plan. But most of those letters seemed to come from people with an ......

Buyer speaks out over 201 tariffs As a purchasing professional in the fabricated metals industry, I just received your Oct. 9 Metals Edition, and started reading with great interest. When I read your letter to the editor from the AISI , I wondered just how far from the real world ......

Reaping what we sow.

Set priorities Sue O'Brien, editorial page editor, The DenverPost For big and small papers, choosing which letters to publish and how to use them makes the difference between a lively letters section and one that is routine. Establish priorities, O'Brien suggests. In selecting letters for the Post, people who have ......

E-mail letters@supplymanagement.com, fax on 020 7324 2791, or write to Letters to the editor, Supply Management, 1 Benjamin Street, London EC1M 5EA NEXT DEADLINE: 17 May Not all in the same boat The article concerning the alleged difficulties faced by former MG Rover personnel (News, 2 8 April) was at ......

E-mail letters@supplymanagement.co.uk, fax on 020 7296 4215, or write to Letters to the editor, Supply Management, PPL, 1 Benjamin Street, London ECIM SEA NEXT DEADLINE: 20 April Offshoring is a step forward Alex Blues and Ray Searles (Head to head, 4 March) have certainly stirred up a hornets' nest. All ......

E-mail letters@supplymanagement.aom, fax on 020 7324 2791, or write to Letters to the editor, Supply Management, 1 Benjamin Street, London EClM 5EA NEXT DEADLINE: 3 May Late payment, bad business Tony Purton's letter on the effectiveness or otherwise of legislation on late payments (14 April) only touches the real problem....

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People don't write letters anymore. They send e-mail, or they call. If they bother to call but wait more than 30 seconds to get transferred to an actual person, they'll hang up and e-mail. Well, I'm here to tell you that if a hotel screwed you, or an airline delayed ......

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Once you've got the reader hooked with your subject line and introduction you've surmounted the toughest challenges of writing a business letter, but that doesn't mean that your work is done. The body of your letter is where you reveal the details and finer points of your message.The reality is ......