Have the reduced library hours affected you?…Do you have an idea how to restore them?

“I was not affected by it. I was just there the other day. I can do my stuff during the day.”

-Roger Schrank, Lincoln & Winchester

“I work 10 to 6 every day and it’s hard to get to the library on a Saturday. Yeah, I wish it were later.”

-Molly Mangan, E. Park Place (right)

“I don’t really live around here, but the library should be open more, so more and more people can go there.”

-Stacy Cappaert, Menomonee Falls (left)

“It’s a little less convenient, but I understand they gotta cut back somewhere, so-it’s a little less convenient but it’s a really good system and I still use it…I’d love it if they were open more, but I have no idea how that’s working out.”

-David Melvin, E. Smith Street

“That’s messed up. Kids. Kids, you know, they got to go to school, they got stuff to do. Why are we paying all this money for them to just reduce our hours and raise the prices on bus fares, things like that, but they want to reduce hours everywhere else? And reduce routes. That’s not cool…Put the hours regular again. How hard is that? How hard is it to just keep something the way it’s been? If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”

-Antonio Nieves, N. Buffum Street

“I wish it was open in the morning. I know now it’s open at 1, but I do appreciate that it’s open later [till 8]. The Friday closing is disappointing, but at least it’s still open…No, I just want it to stay open and not close.”

-Stacey Grant-Savela, S. Woodward Avenue (left)

“With the library hours, it’s disappointing that they’re limited, but from a neighborhood perspective I’m happy that it’s open and not just closed. And given the budgetary crisis with the city, it’s a better of two bad options in my opinion.”

-Kris Savela, S. Woodward Avenue (right)

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