LETTERS: Despite community concerns; Rockrimmon Library | Opinion

Despite community concerns

As an elderly person with advanced macular degeneration, my ability to drive and read is severely limited. That’s why I trust the Rockrimmon branch library for CD books and large print books. When I find an author I like, the staff is always happy to help me find and order books so they can be easily picked up close to home. They also go out of their way to recommend other authors that I might like. Rockrimmon has a great sense of community and has become a safe and valuable place in my life.

On October 16, I went to the library for a meeting and found out that it had been moved to 21C without my knowledge. Given my progressive macular degeneration, rushing to a new location, especially at 5pm, was out of the question. I later learned from a neighbor that the decision to close this branch was made despite public concerns.

Colorado Springs should be proud of opening library branches rather than closing them, especially in the northwest part of the city. To me it’s like “book burning.” Andrew Carnegie’s generous donations have opened 1,679 libraries across America, striving to support every community. He would have been just as disappointed by this loss as I was.

Tina Sverdrup

Colorado Springs

We need a library

My name is Svetlana Nudelman. I have been a resident of the Rockrimmon area for 30 years.

My family loves our Rockrimmon library and uses it often.

It is not only a good source of books and movies. The library provides many free activities for our community.

I am a yoga instructor and have been teaching yoga at the library since 2019. When the pandemic started, I was offering free Zoom classes three times a week. Fifty people showed up for my first class, and after a few weeks there were already up to 80 people in the class.

This was only possible because the library advertised yoga classes, which have been a lifesaver for many people trapped at home. Some of them lived alone and were deprived of social life. They waited for each lesson like a lifeline to save them from loneliness, disappointment and physical inactivity. Rockrimmon Library made this possible!

I have been teaching life yoga and yoga classes at the library for five years. All students are very happy and grateful for this opportunity.

We need our library!

We need your help to save our library.

Svetlana Nudelman

Colorado Springs

Local library closing

Rockrimmon Library must remain open. It is clear that the NWLP and the city council as a whole have little interest in taking any action. It’s just not clear why.

Perhaps they are focused solely on cost, without caring about the value they bring to our community, which far exceeds what would be expected from a library of this size. It is the second busiest local library. Volunteers showed how costs could be reduced, and the property owner announced his readiness to significantly reduce rental costs. Students from local schools visit the library every day; many of them do not have transportation, so they walk.

We find no compelling reason to close the library other than “we paid our consultants and they told us to do it.” What’s wrong with these people? They need to care about the community that elected them. (I wonder how much money we would have had for this library if they hadn’t hired those paid consultants?) Remember…your library could be next.

Jim and Linda Densmore

Colorado Springs

Two levels of justice

Well, it seems we have a “two-tier justice system in Colorado.” Recently, an employee of the Mesa County Clerk and Recorder’s office was found “guilty” of committing “election fraud” and the man was convicted for his actions. We now have “Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold’s website” which contains “passwords that have been left on her site for months” for some “election counting machines.” Griswold, saying “she will not resign.” Thus, she committed a “felony crime,” as did the Mesa County Clerk, and Griswold should face the same justice system as the Mesa County Clerk.

However, “no criminal charges will be brought against Griswold”; she is a Democratic politician and we know, “Democrats cannot be punished for committing crimes such as: election fraud, but if you are a Republican and committed any election fraud, you will be investigated, tried and convicted in the state of Colorado.” . judicial system.

We, the citizens of Colorado, must stand up to these Democratic politicians and demand that they be held accountable for the same crimes they have prosecuted others for, and that they be investigated, tried by a jury of their peers, and, if they will be found guilty, they should also be punished like the Mesa County employee. I also believe that a person is innocent until proven guilty.

Will Shipley

Peyton

Support the Electoral College

Given some calls to get rid of the Electoral College, the process is more important today than ever. Because the current mail-in voting system is used in several states, the potential for fraud increases. And we’ve seen examples of this. If one party needs a few more votes, simply create fake ballots. The Electoral College is a safeguard against alleged fraud and is a purely Republican concept on which our country was founded. Despite what many try to say, our country is a representative republic, not a democracy. Democracy is a means of establishing representation in every corner of the country. Equal representation is what makes our country great, and the Electoral College allows that to happen. Long live the Electoral College.

Tom Hill

Colorado Springs