It was a bit long for a letter to the editor but my LTE was published! I am rather proud of my first bouncing baby!
I am going to do more of them.
You can read it online at this webaddress.
The paper devotes two pages to LTEs and they publish local letters as a preference, but there are also LTEs from outside Napa, CA that get taken as well.
Find your local paper and drop them a line!