Fwd: Dumping mentally disturbed at the Cranston Public Library ?

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From: Ron Ruggieri <radicalron72647@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2025 at 10:12
Subject: Dumping mentally disturbed at the Cranston Public Library ?
To: <ReportIt@wpri.com>, letters <letters@providencejournal.com>, Gregg, Katherine <kgregg@providencejournal.com>, <letter@globe.com>

I use the Cranston Public Library very frequently. All my life I have been a big fan of THE PUBLIC LIBRARY . I appreciate both printed BOOKS , MAGAZINES ,NEWSPAPERS and the fairly new information technology including dozens of computers available to library patrons. I would vote in ANY election for an increase in library funding.

For years it was taken for granted by both library patrons and library staff that- conducive to studying and reading -QUIET and CIVILITY were the norm; indeed THE RULE, in public libraries.

For some time now I have been perturbed by this unexplained , un-therapeutic, and RUDE to the general public DUMPING BUS LOADS OF MENTALLY DISTURNED YOUTH into the Cranston Public Library. Presently I am typing at a computer station here and seated to my left is a clearly mentally disturbed youth. Only the STATE OF RHODE ISLAND can be authorizing this unprofessional " treatment " of difficult minors.

NOTE : The Cranston Public Library could at least give notice to regular patrons for " patience " with this " problem ". Some of us might just think that " brats " are the problem here. Like the homeless crisis ,the real problem here is the STATE of Rhode Island ( or perhaps the City of Cranston ? ) neglecting vulnerable people.

Ron Ruggieri , 75 Mathewson St., Cranston, Rhode Island ( 401-580-7432 )