Subject: Re: My story: Making a noise for libraries
From: Gabriel Austin <gabrielaustin@EARTHLINK.NET>
Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2006 13:35:36 -0700
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Sender: Exlibris <EXLIBRIS@MAIL.ECW.NAME>
Excellent idea: that local libraries increase the value of homes!
Gabriel A
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From: Exlibris [mailto:EXLIBRIS@MAIL.ECW.NAME] On Behalf Of Chris Volk
Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2006 8:57 AM
To: EXLIBRIS@MAIL.ECW.NAME
Subject: Re: [EXLIBRIS] My story: Making a noise for libraries
If the community thinks this thru, they will
realize that they should not have to to come up
with the entire cost of running the library -
that is, 50K per year - but only the amount the
council expected to save - 17K -
or roughly 3 pounds per person per year....
surely an amount that would be easy to raise - as
the article points out that is less than one
return trip on the tube..
When we lived in Sacramento, a measure for a tax
assessment of something like $26 per property
with the money all going directly to the
libraries passed rather easily - after all, home
owners know that a library is an asset to the
value of their property - and the cost is
ridiculously small compared to the benefits....
Chris