This assignment requires you to compose and send a letter by email to the supervisor who represents your district. Consider a topic of interest to you and relevant to your community. Please do NOT use Corona virus issues, actions involving the pandemic are not in the purview of the supervisors. This could be a concern about a recent decision to allow a chain retailer into a neighborhood, recent crime trends, infrastructure needs, new taxes, safety or any other issues. You can also choose one of these topics which are definitely topics that supervisors can influence via legislation:
• Ban the use of single use non-compostable plastic bags – especially those clear plastic bags given away FREE by grocery stores;
This assignment (20 pts) will be graded on the basis of:
· 5 pts – Clarity of message and persuasiveness of case in your formal letter (including secondary research - statistics, facts, science etc - is a PLUS;
· 5 pts - Quality of English (spelling, grammar, punctuation & syntax) in your formal letter;
· 5 pts – Professionalism of your formal letter’s language and format in your Word file; and
· 5 pts – Posting a screen shot of your email on your supervisor’s web site.