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Dear Editor,

This is a letter of support for the Columbia County Library staying open! The group of people that would have it closed have offered zero evidence of any child ever being harmed by the library, its books, the library board, or the previous library director. Only conjecture: conjecture is a guess, an inference, a theory, or prediction based on guesswork. That’s per Webster’s definition.

According to the Columbia County prosecuting attorney to the best of his knowledge, there has never been a reported case of child abuse at the library. I followed up with the Sheriff’s Offi...