The Thousand Oaks Acorn welcomes Letters to the Editor and other comments and suggestions. Letters should not exceed 350 words and please, no more than one letter per month. Letters must be received by Friday for publication the following Thursday. Handwritten letters are acceptable if they are legible. Please include your address and phone number, even on e-mails, for verification purposes only. Anonymous letters or those without names are not accepted. We refuse to print letters already seen in daily newspapers. The Thousand Oaks Acorn reserves the right to edit or reject all editorial material. Please fax items to (805) 367-8237; mail them to the Thousand Oaks Acorn, 2660 Townsgate Road, Ste. 760, Thousand Oaks CA 91361; or e-mail to steve@theacorn.com.