If this were happening with regularity, involving several ‘individual’ writers, I'd be suspicious.
If just a case of one name with same letter popping up n several newspapers, I'd be more inclined to say ‘one writer who sent to several newspapers.’ (I've done that myself, to cover a wider readership.)
Newspapers, especially smaller ones, try to print all letters to the editor. And they do not consult with one another over the subject/author of the letters they get.
I would tend to say: don't use up energy on something like this unless it was obviously a concerted effort with several letters in several papers by several writers.
One writer does not a conspiracy make.
Not a conspiracy exactly, but I could have pulled it off.
The "style" is remarkably similar to one of the members of the old Obama Truth Squad.
a concerted effort with several letters in several papers
Even with a single writer it could still be a conspiracy
if done in a false manner to further the Obama agenda,
by person associated with the regime, if it was known
about by others prior to or even after the fact.
Wasn’t one of the letters to USA Today????
I’m a rank amateur, but I would say the opposite. If I were doing it, I would go out of my way to sign different names.
My wild guess is that this might be the work of ACORN or some such (or similar organization that employs uneducated people). They distribute a form letter and ask people to get it published wherever they can.
The sample letter had “Ellie Light.” Rather than substitute their own name or those of the Dallas Cowboys (you may recall an ACORN employee submitting fake voter registrations with the all the names of the Dallas Cowboys), they just leave it as “Ellie Light.”