Re: [LM_NET] GEN: Largest Public Library closure in US

[Kimbre Chapman <kimbrec@YAHOO.COM>]

We've been following this story closely in Idaho, wondering what the extended 
impact will be here.  Oregon has been having a terrible time funding libraries and 
many librarians are out-of-work there.  I had to leave my family in order to find 
work in another state, as have many Oregon librarians.  It's incredibly tragic that 
something as vital as a library would close.  We all hope that the taxpapyers will 
vote to keep their libraries open.  
   
  Oregon would do well to pass a sales tax, and drop its income tax to a lower 
level.  That way all the tourists would help fund the state.  
   
  Kimbre Chapman
  Children's Librarian
  Caldwell Public Library
  Caldwell, ID 83605
  kimbrec@yahoo.com

Doyle_Tony <tdoyle@MUHSD.K12.CA.US> wrote:
  A sad tale from Oregon.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/03/04/MNGC7N6Q3M1.DTL&hw=oregon+libraries&sn=001&sc=1000
or
http://tinyurl.com/2tbdju



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