Cutting library and fire services was your idea first

An Anonymous Patron sent along This One From Tacoma, WA that looks at some interesting survey results, and reactions to a previous story:

“Jeffrey T. Davis wrote an e-mail saying his family visits its local library more than once a week and noted abysmal morale among librarians shuttled between different branch libraries operating on limited funding.

The solution, Davis wrote, lies in giving libraries more money to keep branches open. “People cannot use libraries and their services unless they have physical access to those libraries,� he said.

“While I think our (library) system facilities could probably be cut if it had to be,� reader M.A. Coty wrote, “I wonder if three ‘big box’ libraries is enough for our population.�