"Just found out or village library lost its funding" (MorningGlow)

[Tess Anderson]

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This village must not be large enough to continue operation:

MorningGlow  (1000+ posts)      Sat Jul-30-11 01:05 PM
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Just found out or village library lost its funding
 Edited on Sat Jul-30-11 01:06 PM by MorningGlow
$32K is all it took to run the place. It's in a tiny historic house--not sure how many volumes it has, plus two computers and one copier. Gone. We already lost our post office last year.

My neighbor told me about a fundraiser we're having to try to save the library. It's going to be tough, because our village is small, and most of its residents are lower middle class or below.

So this is the way the pee tartiers want it, eh? Real nice. (Interesting irony--the neighbor who invited me to the fundraiser is a staunch republican.)
 

[franksolich]

Well, whoop whoop dee doo.

There's a whole lot of "towns" on the roof of Nebraska who are getting their post offices closed; that was just announced a couple of days ago.

Excresence happens; some places grow, some places shrink.

[FiddyBeowulf]

So this is the way the pee tartiers want it, eh? Real nice. (Interesting irony--the neighbor who invited me to the fundraiser is a staunch republican.)

So the neighbor would rather use private funds to support the library than have the tax payers pay for it. I do not think the DUmmie knows the meaning of irony. 

[franksolich]

So the neighbor would rather use private funds to support the library than have the tax payers pay for it. I do not think the DUmmie knows the meaning of irony.  

Trust me, if a town isn't big enough to warrant a post office, as the morningglum primitive said about hers, the town isn't big enough to support a $32,000 public library.  They'd probably have to assess all 32 inhabitants about a thousand apiece, just for the library (not to mention the streets, the police, whatnot).

There is a town up here--near me, in fact--that has a public library and a population of.....one.

I kid you not, sir; it's a town, and it has one inhabitant.

Monowi, Nebraska.

The public library however isn't supported by governmental funding.

Probably the morningglum primitive should look into that, what they do in Monowi.

[formerlurker]

Callalily   (1000+ posts)           Sat Jul-30-11 01:11 PM
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2. This is so sad Morning Glow.
   
Libraries are so important. It's mind-boggling where/what budgets are cut. Who makes these decisions? (rhetorical question) Obviously someone with out any knowledge of how us "real people" live.

Well misfit, the village made that decision.  If the OP actually attended their town/village meeting where the budget was voted on for FY12 (you know, actually being a part of the process), then they would have known why the decision was recommended by their local governing body, and would have been an informed voter at the meeting to cut or not cut the funding. 

Your ranting about Republicans really is the irony here because the reason why this village can no longer afford its library is most likely due to heath insurance/pension costs of its municipal employees, which is no longer sustainable (pssst, the mean old Republicans are trying to fix that -- see Wisconsin).   

Oh, and the post office?  that was a federal decision based on use.    Clearly was not used or needed. 

[formerlurker]

Trust me, if a town isn't big enough to warrant a post office, as the morningglum primitive said about hers, the town isn't big enough to support a $32,000 public library.  They'd probably have to assess all 32 inhabitants about a thousand apiece, just for the library (not to mention the streets, the police, whatnot).

There is a town up here--near me, in fact--that has a public library and a population of.....one.

I kid you not, sir; it's a town, and it has one inhabitant.

Monowi, Nebraska.

The public library however isn't supported by governmental funding.

Probably the morningglum primitive should look into that, what they do in Monowi.

What most likely happened on the decision to close (and I am totally projecting here based on knowledge and experience in how municipal government works, so definitely take this as an educated guess and nothing more) is that libraries have to be open x-amount of hours to be accredited.   They lose accreditation, and they lose inter-library loan privileges, grant opportunities, etc.    Once that is gone then they need to shut the place down as they would have no means to provide any type of meaningful collection to the town's residents.    

$32K to run?  highly doubtful that library was open more than one day a week.   The village didn't lose much with its closing.  

[longview]

Lots of our little towns have lost their post offices and libraries, too.  In some of those towns, though they had few inhabitants within the town limits, the post office served many square miles of ranchland.  I know two places where one person gathers everyones box keys and takes a turn getting the mail a couple times a week.  Not the convenience they are used to, but doable.

Libaries -- Some schools have added open library to the open gym nights now.  More neighbors talk to each other to find out what they can swap for reading (more of a problem in the cold months).  Not convenient, but not horrid either.

BTW -- Most, if not all public libraries here were started with Carnegie Foundation grants.  I don't know their politics, but being the foundation of a large corporation, would the DUmmies be against anything Carnegie was for?  Shouldn't they be glad libraries are no longer supported by the "rich" and failed even if it was while under government governance?

What's next?  Health care?

[USA4ME]

MorningGlow

Just found out or (sic) village library lost its funding

That's a real shame.  I understand it only had 6 books, and 3 of them hadn't even been read yet.

.

[delilahmused]

What the hell does the Tea Party have to do with a local library? As with families towns & counties have to prioritize. My library has reduced it's hours and had several book sale fundraisers. However, it's very easy to order books online (shipped from every library in the county, even the local community college) and have them held for me. I love my library and adjust so I mostly order on the Internet and pick them up when they're open.

Cindie

[Freeper]

Trust me, if a town isn't big enough to warrant a post office, as the morningglum primitive said about hers, the town isn't big enough to support a $32,000 public library.  They'd probably have to assess all 32 inhabitants about a thousand apiece, just for the library (not to mention the streets, the police, whatnot).

There is a town up here--near me, in fact--that has a public library and a population of.....one.

I kid you not, sir; it's a town, and it has one inhabitant.

Monowi, Nebraska.

The public library however isn't supported by governmental funding.

Probably the morningglum primitive should look into that, what they do in Monowi.

If I'm not mistaken, that town was on a TV show on the History Channel, Larry the Cable Guy (a comedian who has a show on history now) visited that town. I think he even had a hot dog fundraiser to help the woman who lives there.

Yep I found a link, http://www.omaha.com/article/20100910/NEWS01/709119877.

See DUmmies, you don't need govt to do everything for you.

[Freeper]

What the hell does the Tea Party have to do with a local library? As with families towns & counties have to prioritize. My library has reduced it's hours and had several book sale fundraisers. However, it's very easy to order books online (shipped from every library in the county, even the local community college) and have them held for me. I love my library and adjust so I mostly order on the Internet and pick them up when they're open.

Cindie

Well since Bush is retired, they need someone to blame for everything.

[GOBUCKS]

You just pick out your book, make one click on your Kindle, and you have it in less than ten seconds.
No taxpayer funds necessary.

[Boudicca]

You just pick out your book, make one click on your Kindle, and you have it in less than ten seconds.
No taxpayer funds necessary.

See, THAT is precisely their problem.  It's not worth having if the amorphous taxpayer isn't contributing "their fair share", that is to say, footing the entire bill.
OUR problem is that these idiots have never graduated from a toddler's sense of entitlement, irrespective of their chronological ages.

[DumbAss Tanker]

MorningGlow  (1000+ posts)      Sat Jul-30-11 01:05 PM
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Just found out or village library lost its funding

Cheer up, kid.  At least it looks like they can still afford an idiot.

[longview]

Cheer up, kid.  At least it looks like they can still afford an idiot.

   Oh, that was funny!