http://search-engines-web.com/ writes sends this follow-up on the Salinas, CA situation. http://www.theksbwchannel.com/news/3926435/detail
— All three libraries in the city of Salinas will be closing, the City Council announced at Tuesday night’s meeting. City leaders said they were forced to make the drastic cuts because voters failed to pass Measures A and B, the sales and utility tax increases on the November ballot. The measures would have raised $10 million — enough to save the libraries. The libraries will close July 1. “The bottom line is that without the ballot measures, we don’t have the resources to continue to provide the level of service we have now,” Salinas Mayor Anna Caballero said.
http://search-engines-web.com/ writes sends this follow-up on the Salinas, CA situation. http://www.theksbwchannel.com/news/3926435/detail
_— All three libraries in the city of Salinas will be closing, the City Council announced at Tuesday night’s meeting. City leaders said they were forced to make the drastic cuts because voters failed to pass Measures A and B, the sales and utility tax increases on the November ballot. The measures would have raised $10 million — enough to save the libraries. The libraries will close July 1. “The bottom line is that without the ballot measures, we don’t have the resources to continue to provide the level of service we have now,” Salinas Mayor Anna Caballero said.
Wren Bradley, an organizer for Service Employees International Union Local 535, said members have so far raised $2,000 to save Cesar Chavez Library, and she called on the other 42 labor unions in Monterey County to do the same.
“We don’t want to be the only city in the state of California that has closed its libraries,” said Linda Sanchez, executive director of Sun Street Centers in Salinas, speaking as a citizen.
The Friends of the Salinas Public Library organization also will collect donations, said Marlys Maher, a member of the organization and chairwoman of the Salinas Public Library Commission.
http://www.californianonline.com/news/stories/200
What will I doooooo?
When I leave Baton Rouge with Bobbie McGee and end up in Salinas we won’t be able to find a library. She may leave me in search of a town that has one.
Re:What will I doooooo?:
Here’s a reference for the young ‘uns who might not know who this Bobbie McGee is.
which reminds me…
I just read that Renee Zellweger has been tapped to play Janis in an upcoming biopic. I am not down with that. That’s the worst movie news since I heard that someone was doing an animated Curious George feature film. Sacrilege, I tell you.
Didn’t mean to be insensitive
This is a serious story with devastating consequences…and I didn’t mean to make light of it with my previous off-topic comments. I’m really bummed out by this, and the Buffalo story, and worry that we’ll be seeing too many more of these types of stories.
Re:What will I doooooo?:
Thanks Rochelle. Even though I sang it a lot when he was young my adult son didn’t have a clue about it.