The written word remains the most powerful way to communicate with your elected officials. As postage rates soar and letters crawl through the system, e-mail is a tempting alternative. But spam, technical glitches, and a host of other problems make it an unreliable means of communication. To help you be effective in your communications, we're happy to provide this format for writing letters. Simply choose who want to send the letter to (even if you don't know who your state representative or senator is, we can take care of adding that), write your note on any subject, and we'll hand-deliver it to their Austin office. We won't edit your letter, and it will be printed on plain paper. Happy writing! (Note: Letters that use foul language will not be printed or delivered.)