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Libraries may go private
June 25, 2009 - 6:43pm — AndyW
Signatures are piling up on petitions to stop the Seminole County Public Library system from being turned over to a private company.
At the start of June the Seminole County government asked for estimates on what it would cost for a private company to run the system — taking employees and customers of the publicly funded library off guard.
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Stop the privatization
We have all seen what happens when we "privatize". It starts out affordable & then everything sky rockets! Look at what has happened to our economy over the recent years because we were under an administration who believed in & pushed privatization. We need to learn from our mistakes and this would be a big one if they follow through with going private.