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Re:Anti-Tax Fervor Closed Their Libraries. Now Residents Are... by dgzl on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @03:46PM (#18243027)
Blame then for what? If something becomes too expensive, and it's irresponsible to fund it, then you take that thing out of the budget. Why would a library need additional money other than to pay utilities, staff wage, and new books? Besides new books, that's just operational cost and shouldn't need a tax increase.
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Re:Anti-Tax Fervor Closed Their Libraries. Now Residents Are... by craftyguy on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @03:52PM (#18243077)
I don't know the specific reason in this case, but buildings don't last forever so maintenance and renovations could have been part of the increase in cost.
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Re:Anti-Tax Fervor Closed Their Libraries. Now Residents Are... by twblalock on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @03:58PM (#18243138)
Maintenance often gets deferred because there was never enough taxpayer money provided for it in the first place, until it becomes such a big problem that libraries and schools need to resort to ballot measures and municipal bonds.

There was probably not enough taxpayer funding of the library system in the first place, and eventually it became impossible to continue operations.

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