Council Members. This letter is to tell you, at once, that I do not support new libraries, as advised by Monica Corman,president of the Menlo Park Library Foundation. I quickly went to a dictionary to be sure if I understood the definition of the word, library. I was assured that Ms Corman seems to be talking about a hybrid idea that clearly goes beyond both tradition and definition in which the current Library excels Her worries , as described, and enforced by large numbers are easy to dismiss as efforts to enforce her wishes. I find the Menlo Park Library and its fine staff to be just right-- a good library, with good collections of that which libraries are called upon to obtain. I say this after years of attendance --and over the past 81 years, some of which found me in libraries in the United States and Europe. Palo Alto made a mess of their system and I hope Menlo Park won't do the same . Humbly tendered Phil Spickler, age 87. a walking local history book Received on Sat Jun 23 2018 - 14:57:58 PDT
