“Though Gov. Gray Davis is wrestling with a $38 billion deficit, he has dropped a controversial budget proposal that would have forced local libraries to impose a checkout fee of up to $5 a book in certain cases, Davis’ aides confirmed Wednesday.”
“The proposal, contained in his original spending plan unveiled in January, was deleted from the May revision of the proposed 2003-04 budget after an ANG Newspapers report on the issue spurred complaints throughout the Bay Area and across the state.”
“We’re very happy about it going away,” said Linda Krause, director of the Peninsula library system. “By trying to impose charges — that goes against the whole idea of what free libraries are about.” (from San Mateo County Times)
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