Sad

A blurb from today's Publisher's Lunch newsletter:

"The SF Chronicle reports that a county in southern Oregon is preparing to close all 15 of their (recently renovated) libraries after the system lost $7 million in federal funding, comprising 80 percent of its budget. 'The library crisis has stirred accusations of county mismanagement, children's protests in the streets, and a backlash against a proposed property tax to keep the libraries open,' the paper says.

Voters turned down a property tax increase in November that would have generated the necessary revenue to support the libraries."