Monday, March 05, 2007

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."

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

It's ironic that such a beautiful state is populated by idiots.

Anonymous said...

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Anonymous said...

Yep. 'Tis sad. This happens to be the county in which I did my bibliotech'n from 5th-12th grade. Southern Oregon effing sucks!