Library branch update
Not too much fall-out from today's library story.
Councilman Brinker, who suggested some branches may need to be shut down, told colleague Andrew Edwards he thought the story was O.K., but wished we had written that he noted that a small tax-increase to fund libraries was voted down by San Bernardino voters earlier this year.
We have received some letters, however, and they generally disagree with any strategy involving closure of West side libraries.
We'll follow this close. Make no mistake: The library system is in for a tough fight this budget season. If not a fight for its life, at least a fight for few of its limbs, er, branches.
The budget deficit $17.3 million? Yet the the street construction fund increased by approximately $17,417,700 last year. The 2006-2007 figure was $1,200,700. $18,618,400 2007-2008. Yet the proposed answer to the budget shortage is library cuts?
Does anyone remember last year? When the City Council was debating what to do with the approx. $20 million overage?
20 million spent plus 17 million in the hole equals 37 million spent in ONE YEAR?
How did this happen? I haven't seen anything substantial done to this city to the tune of $37 million.......