Libraries are More Than Books (via Curious Child’s Library Wanderings)

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My local library has been fantastic. I would rather we stop funding of jails than stop library funding.  What is more costly? Addressing ignorance or trying to contain it?

You know what is a waste of tax money Fox?  That we have to oversee corporations that haven’t learned to regulate themselves.  That we are cleaning up BP‘s, Enron‘s, World-com’s and other corporate messes.  Why not do some investigative journalism and run stories about that than trying to shake down our local libraries.

Fox Chicago News recently asked “Are Libraries Necessary, or a Waste of Tax Money?”  Really?  The article by Anna Davlantes goes on to talk about how libraries “eat up millions of your hard earned tax dollars” and as proof of the irrelevancy of libraries, an undercover camera crew recorded library visitors for an hour.  During that hour, they recorded 300 visitors with most of them using the free internet.  Hmmm… This is your proof that librari … Read More

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