Westport Journal welcomes comments and letters to the editor.

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We reserve the right to close comment threads.

Individuals can publish no more than one letter per month.

We reserve the right to deny posting privileges to anyone demonstrating a repeated unwillingness to observe our policies.

As posting on Westport Journal is a privilege granted at our sole discretion, we will not engage in dialogue about individual postings that have been removed or threads that have been closed.