{"id":225379,"date":"2018-08-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-24T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/letters-to-the-editor-aug-24-2018\/"},"modified":"2018-08-24T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-08-24T07:00:00","slug":"letters-to-the-editor-aug-24-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/letters-to-the-editor-aug-24-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Letters to the Editor: Aug. 24, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Library letters<\/h3>\n<p><em>Re: \u201cLetters to the editor\u201d [Volume 8, Issue 7 or <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2N6PWT8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bit.ly\/2N6PWT8<\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I am so glad that Councilmember Guy McWhirter explained the money for the promised library was to be from the now-defunct redevelopment fund. I was not aware. However, this does not provide an out to dump an adequate library for our community.<\/p>\n<p>The council does want new City Hall facilities and are trying to figure a way to finance it. City Hall is not used as much as the library by the community, in my opinion. As for council meetings, those could be held in a proper library facility. This would eliminate the need for a fancy town hall. City offices could be accommodated in upgraded existing facilities.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>My idea is to tear down part of our existing city hall building to add onto the existing library. Perhaps add a second story to the old building for offices, if needed.<\/p>\n<p>Libraries are of primary importance in this information-driven society. More than books, they are centers of culture and learning. To the financially challenged, they are a source to keep abreast. Education is key to everything. By having an inadequate library, we are depriving many of a lift upward and a source of continuing education for the rest of the community. Dr. McIvor (of the last issue) was right on about the importance of library to a community.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014Sharon Smith, La Mesa<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Thank you<\/h3>\n<p><em>Re: \u201cNew concert series honors music aficionado\u201d [Volume 8, Issue 7 or <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2NSxQ7t\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bit.ly\/2NSxQ7t<\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Just a quick note to thank you for carrying the article about the initial Valerie Victor concert. The folks at church were delighted!<\/p>\n<p>By the way, the concert was great!<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014 Mary Mikkelson, La Mesa.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Library letters Re: \u201cLetters to the editor\u201d [Volume 8, Issue 7 or bit.ly\/2N6PWT8] I am so glad that Councilmember Guy McWhirter explained the money for the promised library was to be from the now-defunct redevelopment fund. I was not aware. However, this does not provide an out to dump an adequate library for our community. [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":726,"featured_media":225378,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"11548","_seopress_titles_title":"Letters to the Editor: Aug. 24, 2018","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[11548,11551,11593,11552],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-225379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-la-mesa-courier","category-news","category-no-images","category-opinion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/726"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225379\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/225378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}