MercuryNews.com | 12/20/2004 | More cuts ahead for beleaguered library system
“When 100 people show up to defend branch libraries,” Morton said, referring to last week’s council meeting, “there’s a strong indication that there’s a lot of support for what we have.”
More problems for local libraries, this time in Palo Alto, a community that is the almost exact opposite of Salinas in that it is a very wealty community. It’s sad to see that libraries are the first to go when the budget is cut. Again, it’s not because I a librarian, either. I have always, all of my life, been a patron of the local public library. In fact, I believe that the public library (and school) library is the reason that I have grown into a person who is very interested in knowledge, learning all I can about things that I become interested in. I have always been a voracious reader and it can be traced to the summer reading program at the library. It’s sad that this is being taken away. It’s more than sad. I think it is detrimental to society. Again, I know that is a little dramatic, but that is how I feel about it.
Blatherskite 