The Aug. 10, 2012, Renton Reporter’s (RR) anonymous “Our View” states, “Renton sends strong message about library”! A landslide vote is truly a strong message  that our city government needs to acknowledge and follow. But then anonymous Our View goes on to print the same misinformation it has been printing consistently.

Our View needs to be signed by the editor, along with those who make up the “Our.” Letters to the Editor require a signature and this column needs a signature(s).

Local newspapers are important but only if such publishes valid information. The only response the public has to prejudiced reporting is to cease reading the RR and cease supporting its advertisers.

Renovating the Cedar River Library (CRL) cannot cost more than building a library at the Big 5, which has many obvious problems.

The legal problems with KCLS that keep popping up in print are nothing more than smokescreens. To have our own city attorneys and executive join in the façade is even more disturbing. They have forgotten who they serve.

KCLS is totally supported by property tax dollars, so having KCLS threaten to sue the very taxpayers that support it is ludicrous. Our elected state legislators would no doubt frown on a tax-based entity suing the taxpayers. That’s something like biting the hand that feeds you, isn’t it?

We citizens need to watch KCLS and the city closely as they make decisions for renovating/updating the CLR and the Highlands Library. Recent experiences have not built trust.

Phyllis Forister,

Renton