A campaign letter template says I own a struggling shop. I don't own a shop

I had pasted the template into an email before I reached, "My shop may not survive another increase."

I don't have a shop. I use the local market and support a request to review the proposed licence charge, but the campaign's draft letter puts me in a business owner's shoes. A friend said to leave it: officials know these are templates, and the number of letters matters more than the personal bit.

I haven't sent it. The sentence seems like a claim about me, even if it sits inside wording lots of people use. Removing it also leaves a draft that doesn't explain why I care.

Can I adapt the letter to say that I'm a customer concerned about the market, or should a campaign asking for business owners' accounts only receive letters from business owners? I want to contribute without manufacturing a hardship I haven't experienced.