I read with interest an article in the San Diego Union-Tribune, dated Nov. 12, where Andrea Tevlin, who works for the City Council, was quoted. As you know, Mayor Jerry Sanders says the city will save $1.7 million by closing some libraries. Tevlin says that by closing ALL libraries just 7½ hours each week the same amount ($1.7 million) can be saved. This solution is a no-brainer to me. Let’s close all of them a few hours each week but keep all of them open. It seems to me that the cost of bringing them back on line, in a few years, when the budget would allow, would be very costly, and they would still have to maintain the properties. As things are now, you have personnel in place who know each library and are trained for their positions, and more of our citizens have access to a library in their neighborhood. Many users have to walk to the library. Please, let’s do the smart thing in this situation and provide as much of the public as possible with library service. Hopefully the City Council has the power and the foresight to keep all of our libraries open and available. — Editor’s note: The City Council on Monday granted a six-month reprieve on library and recreation center cuts and is expected to address the issue again in May.