Dear Friends,

Thank you so much for signing the Petition of Opposition to Warren County BOS Takeover of Samuels Public Library, Inc.! Your support means the world to us.

Unfortunately, the situation is escalating. The Warren County Board of Supervisors and the Warren County Library Board have now agreed to begin contract negotiations with Library Systems & Services (LS&S) — a private, ethically bankrupted for-profit library management company. Even more concerning, the Board has threatened to seize library assets and unilaterally terminate the lease for the library building.

📅 Special Board of Supervisors Meeting – April 29, 2025
Agenda Item B: Authorization to Negotiate Contract for Library Services – Dean Jaques
🎥 Watch the meeting here: Click to View

Northern Virginia Daily: Read the full article here

We are mobilizing in response and preparing to act through appropriate avenues. The more signatures we gather, and donations received, the stronger our collective voice becomes — and the greater our chances of preventing this hostile takeover.

We have created a second petition, STOP ATTACKING SAMUELS PUBLIC LIBRARY on FightfortheFirst.org to reach even more people.  If you haven’t already, please consider signing. Click to Sign

Can you take one more step?
Please share the petitions with your friends, family, and on social media. A single post could help us reach hundreds more people who care about free and independent public libraries.

Together, we can protect Samuels Public Library.
Thank you again for standing with us.

With gratitude,
Literary Defense Network