Beautiful letter! Right on target and kudos to you for taking the time to write it.
I will note for other freepers - I have written many letters to the editor. Some have been accepted.
Once I came onto FR to post a letter I'd written regarding the economy. I received an e-mail from one of the newspapers I submitted it to that they couldn't use the letter because it had been posted on the internet and I may have copied it!
They had no way of knowing that I was peach, of course, and so I would warn freepers to post their letters to the editor AFTER they have been accepted or after a suitable period of time when it becomes obvious it will NOT be accepted.
"......I would warn freepers to post their letters to the editor AFTER they have been accepted or after a suitable period of time when it becomes obvious it will NOT be accepted."
Good advice, Peach!