[Publib] Stimulating Reading

[Tom Cooper]

This is fun. I liked the comment from an individual about building a new
library in Philadelphia: 'Why build new libraries when the kids in
Philly can't read?' Definition of irony, please?

 

Tom Cooper, Director 
Webster Groves Public Library 
301 E. Lockwood 
Webster Groves, MO 63119 

(314) 961-3784 
tcooper at wgpl.org 

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If you want to see what some of the public think about library
construction and renovation, go here and read the comments.  

http://www.stimuluswatch.org/project/search/library

This is a collection of potential stimulus projects, narrowed down to
those connected with libraries.  Of course, much of this is simply sour
grapes and raving, and I'm hoping that the negative folks don't go to
the polls, but then again, they may.  Here's an enlightened soul in
Coahoma, Mississippi:

"I am sorry but a town with 74 families does not even need a library.
They can use the county library. In fact a town this size needs no
municipal services at all. The people can move or live as individuals
would in the country. The money asked for here comes to $151,419 per
family, which is atrocious. The town should be dissolved." 

And another library friend in Des Moines:

"Where in the Constitution do you find the allowance for federal money
to be spent on this? Let the state of Iowa pay for it, or better yet,
let Des Moines pay for it. This is not a federal gov't problem, and it
certainly won't stimulate the economy."

Of course, there are some positive comments, probably penned by folks
who don't know that they are under the spell of a socialist
administration and its destructive policies.  You can write your own if
so inclined.

M. McGrorty

 

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