[Fred]

Spinosa, aka JTS Interests, donated the land to Baton Rouge for the sole purpose of building a library within the Rouzan TND. Along with the donation of land, JTS Interests will also provide all the design work for the building.

What rubs me the wrong way is John Berry states that Rouzan is taking too long, when he and his Southside Civic Association was the primary reason for the three month delay for approval by the Metro Council with their somewhat successful "Fear and Smear" campaign. He began his whining again at the March Library Board meeting, less than two months after the approval of Rouzan, asking when is the south side of Baton Rouge going to get the library…

In addition, John Berry states that there is a lawsuit out against the Metro Council for the approval of Rouzan. I'm not a lawyer, but it doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that this is a frivolous suit at best. The suit was filed by; you guessed it, another two board members from the Southside Civic Association. One of who was leading the very unsuccessful recall campaign against our Metro Councilman, Mickey Skyring.

I’ve been a resident of Southdowns for almost 10 years now. Most of us usually just laugh at the Southside Civic Association, but some of the board members are acting like spoiled children who can’t get their way. And guess who’s going to pay if they get their way; our children, how ironic.