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Re:Anti-Tax Fervor Closed Their Libraries. Now Residents Are... by ip26 on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @04:22PM (#18243394)
The libraries needed more funding because county revenues were plummeting as the timber industry declined in the area. Maybe residents also felt the libraries were being mismanaged, but the crisis wasn't brought about by ballooning library budgets.
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Re:Anti-Tax Fervor Closed Their Libraries. Now Residents Are... by kodablah on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @04:27PM (#18243453)
In hard times, prioritization is required. Mismanagement can include the mismanaging of these priorities by reducing choice to more taxes or less library. If, as these citizens have fallen on hard times, the library actually was at the bottom rung of the prioritization ladder for funds, it is reasonable for it to be cut first. The appalling thing is blaming those on hard times for not ponying up more money. A lowering tide affects all boats so to speak.
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