Buffalo Budget crisis may claim at least 19 libraries

Here in Erie County we have a whopping 52 libraries. That’s about to change. The Buffalo News Reports thanks to a county wide budget crisis brought on by pathetically incompetent county politicians, Buffalo & Erie County Public Library officials might have to close between 19 and 24 branches to narrow a projected shortfall in county funding for 2006.

Library director Michael C. Mahaney confirmed certain libraries were included on the preliminary list, based on a set of 19 criteria, including size and physical condition of a building, its location, circulation and proximity to other libraries.
“This is all very preliminary and remains fluid,” Mahaney said. “Some of these libraries are likely to remain.”

July 22, 2005 by Uncategorized 0

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