John Mieckowski’s comment on the defeat of the Hadley library vote concerning an application for a state grant to fund a new library was reported in the May 6 Gazette.
Sadly, Mr. Mieckowski’s comment, “I’ve never been in the library in my life and I don’t plan to” is a call for enhanced stupidity. Libraries provide access, through the written word, to thoughts, opinions and experiences in literature that reach beyond the fields of Hadley.
Libraries give access to poetry that moves the soul beyond the Holyoke Range. The Hadley library gives access to museums, DVDs for entertainment, space for meetings to discuss divergent points of view, experiences for young growing minds and older experienced people.
I am sorry Mieckowski. I am sorry you never choose to expand your experience and point of view through all the library has to offer.
Folks that followed your lead voted down the chance to apply for a state grant to fund a new library.
I urge those people to consider the amazing possibilities a new facility will hold for the future. We must consider the future because it is our duty to foster imagination, creativity, and develop knowledge which some folks have not yet considered.
Stewart Clark
Hadley