This is in response to Jake Griffin's Jan. 19 hit piece in which he calls out the St. Charles Public Library for using reserve funds to renovate their building. The main crux of Griffin's argument is that library "officials" are misusing funds they have accrued in an emergency fund because six years ago taxpayers said no to a much more expensive renovation. Yet, in his screed against the library improving their building and asking a Libertarian tax group not affiliated whatsoever with the issue at hand, he finally asks the library why they might need a renovation. You know, what a journalist might do instead of a Libertarian with an agenda on public institutions.

I encourage Griffin to shake off his bias, leave his desk and go to the St. Charles Public Library. Maybe look at the building himself. Radical idea, I know! Perhaps even come to some kind of conclusion that maybe the people who work at the St. Charles Public Library get consistent feedback from their community as to the shape of their building and aren't just spending reserve funds for the sake of it. But hey, I'm just a taxpayer. Not a hot-shot watchdog journalist.

John Witherspoon

Glen Ellyn