Letters

Support Connecticut Libraries

It is budget time, and once again state funding for Connecticut libraries is on the chopping block.

Being a librarian, I can say without a doubt that the library is more than just a place for books. It is about a million other things that we do in that building that make it one of the most heavily used places. We need to make people smarter by giving them the tools they need to become productive and successful. We need to say to our fellow citizens that we believe in your talents.

Working class families that have mortgages and bills come to the library. Single moms trying to make ends meet come to the library. Veterans striving to fit back into society come to the library.

It is these groups of people and many others who will lose out if state library funds are cut.

I am sure many have an early memory of going to the library. I ask you to support libraries in any way you can and to remember that one time when you needed the library and it was there.

Chris Hemingway, East Haven

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