Liberty Square Library

Liberty Square Library started as a dream and vision to make it as easy as possible for families living in Public Housing in Liberty City to have easy access to books. All you need to check out a book is to follow "the honor system." Over 2,000 books were donated by the cummunity, the city and local churches, who deeply care about the power of reading and help with the opening of this library. Liberty Square Library is the first one to open up in Public Housing. The library opens Mon-Fri 9:00 a.m. -7:00 p.m. and Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 2:00p.m.

Two young Liberty City boys wounded in drive-by shooting

At the time of the shooting (4:00 p.m.) I was a couple of blocks away from where the shooting took place.

I was inside the Liberty Square Library talking to Eric Thomson, the director. We both heard the noise and he said, "Don't worry, it's probably fireworks."

We just kept on talking and pretended nothing happened. I left LIberty City and two hours after I got home Mr. Thomson send me an email, which said: Maria, I didn't want you to worry. I knew exacly what was going on. Read the story and you will find out what fireworks I was talking about.

I read the story and said "duh, I'm so stupid I should have known better."

If I knew what was going on I would have gone to the scene.

http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/05/27/1651682/police-investigating-double-shooting.html

An Interesting Man-Theo Karantsalis from Liberty City.

Theo Karantsalis is an assistant library director at Miami Dade College’s North Campus who oversees outreach services to college and Miami-area high school students. He also freelances for several newspapers, including The Miami Herald.

Theo has more than 20 years’ experience, as he said, “wrestling” public records information from local, state and federal agencies that include the Pentagon, Department of Defense, and the Air Force.

His most recent case is against the Marshals Service where he seeks mug shots of a federal inmate. The case is currently before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Judicial Circuit in Atlanta.

He teaches a class on Internet research and hosts a television show called Library Matters.

When I went to Liberty City on Thursday, Theo was very nice and welcoming. As we drove to the Liberty Square Library he told me a couple of interesting stories about the city and his career as a Journalist and teacher in LC.

Look him up on RateMyProfessor.com and check out his blog: http://552a.com, which has to do mostly with Liberty City.