\”Gov. Jeb Bush, who proclaimed February \”Library Appreciation Month,\” has an odd way of showing his own appreciation. His new budget proposes to close the Florida State Library, which houses such diverse pieces of Florida\’s past as a 1589 map of Sir Francis Drake\’s attack on St. Augustine and the original plans for Walt Disney World from the 1960s.\”
\”Instead, Bush would eliminate most of the library\’s employees, give the historic artifacts to the Department of Environmental Protection, send the Bureau of Library Development to the newly created Department of State and Community Partnership, and let Florida State University take the 11 miles of books, maps and other materials.\” (from The Ledger Online – Editorial)
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