Mr Peter Leight
Assistant Attorney General
Attorney General's Office
1350 Main Street, 4th Floor
Springfield, MA 01103-1629

Dear Attorney Leight,

We are concerned citizens of Springfield. We have all lived in Springfield for many years. We know about Mason Square Library from our
first-hand use of it. We know that both adults and children enjoy coming to Mason Square Library to do different things to keep their minds "up to date".

We ask--"What will happen to the kids if we lose our real library? How will they do their homework?" They need lots of books to learn, as well as computers. They need a library so that they learn the importance of a library.

Moreover, taxpayers should know and have a say in how our money is spent. Two years ago, the SLMA spent $1.2 million to renovate Mason Square and the city floated a $575,000 bond to help finance those renovations. Now, the Mason Square Library is being given away for a fraction of that amount.

Please, help keep Mason Square Library as part of the Springfield Library System.

Respectfully,

Lawrence E. Linton

Tommy Fenderson

Ann Baker

Donna Tracy

Sandra Brown

Ginna Ondricek