tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post8179849646012910341..comments2024-03-28T15:05:10.372-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/28/24: ‘If it gets cut, where do the kids go?’Neil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-39533629238445761882021-07-19T18:09:22.065-05:002021-07-19T18:09:22.065-05:00As I started to read this, I thought, maybe I can ...As I started to read this, I thought, maybe I can suggest he write about the similar issues at my daughter’s library. Then I realized that this IS my daughter’s library! She and her boyfriend plan to be at the meeting tomorrow, even though it’s his birthday. So glad you’ve brought attention to this issue. Coeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06130250489695215525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-68906567336862327462021-07-19T17:26:39.599-05:002021-07-19T17:26:39.599-05:00You left out the gays, the lesbians, the transgend...You left out the gays, the lesbians, the transgender and queer, the blacks, the Hispanics, and the Jews. And probably a few more I could add to their shit list.<br /><br />And who was it that said the three most valuablle things in his wallet were his union card, his voter registration card, and his library card?<br /><br />Or did I just think that one up? If I did, I LIKE IT!<br /><br />Something to keep in mind, and to think about: <br />Libraries will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no libraries.<br /><br />And, no, I did not make that one up.<br /> <br />Our county library used it to get voters to approve a tax levy. It worked. The library levy passed. They nearly always do in Cleveland. People around here read a lot, and heavily use their libraries. Our long, cold, gray, and snowy winters probably help.<br />Grizz 65https://www.blogger.com/profile/02892702223228764894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-62401006310993288212021-07-19T17:14:16.349-05:002021-07-19T17:14:16.349-05:00Sounds like they would be satisfied with an old ou...Sounds like they would be satisfied with an old outhouse with a sign on it saying "Niles Public Library".Connellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18406704590565406630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-7333758907631178492021-07-19T16:36:38.421-05:002021-07-19T16:36:38.421-05:00Sounds like some Trumpster types are running amok ...Sounds like some Trumpster types are running amok there.privatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18413982311699012802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-2457081761521200602021-07-19T15:39:02.936-05:002021-07-19T15:39:02.936-05:00Maybe it's not quite apt, but I'm reminded...Maybe it's not quite apt, but I'm reminded of the old saw about Puritan types, who are supposed to be always on the lookout for someone who might be having fun.<br /><br />johntatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088632798195131329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-63694199216374776372021-07-19T10:39:32.454-05:002021-07-19T10:39:32.454-05:00What's happening to my Library? I grew up with...What's happening to my Library? I grew up within walking distance of the Niles Library when it was kitty-corner from the current location. It was in a small strip of businesses, Pankau Drugs, Certified Grocers, Giovanellis Bakery, a dentist, and in one small section, the Library. Eventully the adjacent unit was added, doubling the research space for students in my neighborhood, though the Encyclopedia Britannica and World Book were our main sources. They built the current structure on the parcel next door to my childhood home. They started a Bookmobile while I was working the overnight shift, which coincided with the invention of the backup warning, a loud bell on a wheel hub that gonged loudly as it backed out of the parking space right under my bedroom window. I would have been happy then had the place burned to the foundation, but they turned it into a real Library that I have included on my roster. Sad that small minded idiots are trying to return to the narrow limits of its roots, in a space that would be inadequate for a 7-11 today.JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08613528527379198505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-56396684890931594012021-07-19T10:01:51.798-05:002021-07-19T10:01:51.798-05:00Some people say it is a simple-minded attack on ci...Some people say it is a simple-minded attack on civilization itself. The narrow minded are already frightened by so many things, now the library? Language, thought, ideas … oh my, how scary. Poor people should be busy working.J. Pabsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11566801024154623288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-57622242182529806682021-07-19T09:33:59.309-05:002021-07-19T09:33:59.309-05:00The democratic process is a bitch. Especially when...The democratic process is a bitch. Especially when that's all people do. All politics is local. Run for office. Even if it's just library board. FMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06829632906445535928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-23133862985090312702021-07-19T08:51:57.886-05:002021-07-19T08:51:57.886-05:00Those who hate public libraries are truly Un-Ameri...Those who hate public libraries are truly Un-American!Clark St.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09634234069783123180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-83676667084537509932021-07-19T08:12:16.197-05:002021-07-19T08:12:16.197-05:00At this point in history, the political right func...At this point in history, the political right functions as a hate group. They hate teachers, libraries, foreigners, science, unions, voting rights, democracy itself (see Jan 6).<br /><br />If you work to undermine libraries, perhaps democracy's greatest gift to our society, there is something terribly wrong with you.<br /><br />Thank you for the heads up on another group of people poisoned by ideology.Dennis Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03936110563379328219noreply@blogger.com