steven bell writes \”The August 10, 2002 Philadelphia Inquirer Reported that David Bennett, the digital services manager at the Bucks County Free Library (seen \”Signs\” – yes, it\’s the same Bucks County), was arrested and charged with stealing more than $200,000 from the library\’s coffers since 1999. Among other transgressions, including kickbacks from friends hired to do automation work for the library and about $70,000 spent on electronic gadgets, he spent more than $9,000 of the library\’s money at a convention in Las Vegas – including a $325 tab for a Vegas enterprise called \”Cover Girls.\”
Up to this point we\’ve probably all heard of this sort of thing before. What caught my eye was Bennett\’s rationale for his crimes. He told investigators that he felt entitled to the stolen money \”because the library did not pay him enough for his work.\” If we all felt that way every library budget in the land would be pilfered on a regular basis. Maybe someone will want to bring this story to Mitch Freedman\’s attention for his campaign to improve librarian\’s pay.
I can see it now, Mitch telling his audience, \”we\’re getting paid so poorly that librarians have to steal from their library systems just to afford Las Vegas call girls.\” \”
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