This text was obtained via automated optical character recognition.
It has not been edited and may therefore contain several errors.

---

17 August, 1996
The Honorable Eddie Favre Mayor Bay St. Louis
111	Court Street Bay St. Louis, MS 39520
Dear Mr. Favre,
While I was delighted to finally elicit some form of response from you and your office, it was once again at my initiative. As for your stated perplexion, now perhaps you know how I feel. You state in the first paragraph, ?We have made every attempt to keep you informed of the progress of the construction but unfortunately it is a project that is not totally under our control.? Your letter of August 12, to which this is in response, is the first contact you have made with me.
The several points that you feel are not justified:
1.	Lease agreement - it is not and has never been my intention to dictate to the city. However, common courtesy would seem to necessitate keeping a 3rd party tenant informed so as to forestall misunderstandings. I feel that you also would be upset if someone walked into your office and told you that the building had been sold and was going to be moved.
2.	The investment of thousands of dollars - I am not unappreciative of what the citizens of Bay St. Louis have done for the library. I personally have invested over 14 years of my life and over $1,000,000 in the library. Some of the books and materials are irreplaceable and continued disinterest lead me to believe this investment of time and money was of no value to the city.
3.	Contact of your staff and architect - the memo dated May 17, 1996 in which Mr. Olsen listed points of discussion, i.e. hours of operation, moving schedule, timing and other pertinent items. Mr. Olsen appeared
r	at the library and asked ?Can we talk?". (This happened, coincidentally I
am sure, on the same day and after one of my volunteers visited the depot.) All dates, schedules, timing, discussions on microfilm arrangements were -my suggestions, given to Mr. Olsen, your representative, as a starting point. I was hoping for a note, phone call, or any form of communication from you or your staff stating that these dates, schedules, timing, etc. were satisfactory and not in conflict with anything the city may have planned. As for the conversation with the architect, once again, I initiated contact by calling Mr. Fitzpatrick. To say you have not kept me informed is true, for it is I who have kept you informed.
4.	Concern of patronage - most of my patrons are elderly (along with most of the collection which is very fragile and susceptible to climate) and cannot stand high or low temperatures. As the main heating and cooling system failed, and neither the city nor the owner of the building