Now that the city elections are over, I thought it might be a good time to review how we did handling election-related letters to the editor over the last two months.

Trying to keep current with letters is always a challenge, but at no time is it more difficult than during election time – be it local, state or federal – when both time and space are at a premium.

There are always people who want to get in their two cents’ worth prior to Election Day, so it wasn’t particularly surprising that I received a few phone calls and e-mails from people inquiring about why their letters never got published.

Fair enough.

That prompted me to do two things: