James Nimmo and Bob Cox sent in a bunch of stories from the Minneapolis area.
Shortfall may close 4 Minneapolis libraries says closing four Minneapolis branch libraries for at least the rest of the year could win as the city’s Library Board seeks to shave $2 million from the 2003 budget, but, Library declines staff recommendation to close four branches says The Minneapolis Library Board’s Finance Committee rejected a plan Wednesday night to shutter four community libraries, opting instead for a mix of one-time cuts.
Who gets the blame for the library fiasco? wants to know how they got so far along before people started adding up the numbers on building a new library. They’ve already wrecked the old library, and just now noticed the new one would be expensive.
They say the politics are complex. The City Council has little faith in the Library Board’s ability to deal with serious fiscal matters. The Library Board suspects that the City Council wants to usurp its political power. The mayor says that he just wants everyone to get along and that he wants the library “because it’s our great civic project.” But in the next breath he says that the city “has to look at everything” when it comes to budget cutting. Speedy Minneapolis library decision sought.
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