Ohio residents, I need you to do something very important today. I need you to get on the phone or jump on your computer and contact Governor Strickland (614-466-3555 or e-mail him from his contact web page, Governor Strickland) and tell him that the proposed state budget cuts of 50% to public libraries is wrong and will mean closure for many public libraries that don't have operating levies on which to rely for additional funding. Even those with operating levies will be severely impacted and will be forced to shorten hours, curtail services and programming and stop purchasing new materials for their collections. In these difficult financial times that we are going through right now, the last thing we need is for libraries to be asked to take a 50% funding cut. People use libraries to seek new employment, file for social services and gain valuable training for new skills like computer literacy. They use libraries to check out materials that they otherwise could not afford to buy, like DVD's, books, magazines and newspapers. They use libraries for free high speed internet access. Teachers use libraries for curriculum support for their classes. Libraries do so much for the life of a community that to lose any library in any community, no matter how large or small, would be a catastrophic blow to the people who make their homes there. While the state budget in Ohio is suffering under a mind boggling $3 billion deficit, it seems unwise to ask libraries to take such a hit at this difficult financial juncture. We're already suffering under current budgetary cuts and to ask us to take even more would severely strain our ability to provide the valuable services we provide for every spectrum of society.. So please, Ohio residents, get on the horn to the Governor and your state legislators TODAY, Thursday, June 25th, and DON'T DELAY, because the state budget must be finalized tomorrow, Friday June 26th, so that it can be voted on and signed by the Governor by June 30th. If you have a Facebook account, you can join the Save Ohio Libraries group that currently boasts over 22,000 members and you can use Twitter as well to get the word out. Tell your friends, tell your neighbors, tell your co-workers, tell everyone you know about this critical and crucial issue, and DON'T DELAY! DO IT TODAY! Save Ohio Libraries for future generations!
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Save Ohio Libraries!
Ohio residents, I need you to do something very important today. I need you to get on the phone or jump on your computer and contact Governor Strickland (614-466-3555 or e-mail him from his contact web page, Governor Strickland) and tell him that the proposed state budget cuts of 50% to public libraries is wrong and will mean closure for many public libraries that don't have operating levies on which to rely for additional funding. Even those with operating levies will be severely impacted and will be forced to shorten hours, curtail services and programming and stop purchasing new materials for their collections. In these difficult financial times that we are going through right now, the last thing we need is for libraries to be asked to take a 50% funding cut. People use libraries to seek new employment, file for social services and gain valuable training for new skills like computer literacy. They use libraries to check out materials that they otherwise could not afford to buy, like DVD's, books, magazines and newspapers. They use libraries for free high speed internet access. Teachers use libraries for curriculum support for their classes. Libraries do so much for the life of a community that to lose any library in any community, no matter how large or small, would be a catastrophic blow to the people who make their homes there. While the state budget in Ohio is suffering under a mind boggling $3 billion deficit, it seems unwise to ask libraries to take such a hit at this difficult financial juncture. We're already suffering under current budgetary cuts and to ask us to take even more would severely strain our ability to provide the valuable services we provide for every spectrum of society.. So please, Ohio residents, get on the horn to the Governor and your state legislators TODAY, Thursday, June 25th, and DON'T DELAY, because the state budget must be finalized tomorrow, Friday June 26th, so that it can be voted on and signed by the Governor by June 30th. If you have a Facebook account, you can join the Save Ohio Libraries group that currently boasts over 22,000 members and you can use Twitter as well to get the word out. Tell your friends, tell your neighbors, tell your co-workers, tell everyone you know about this critical and crucial issue, and DON'T DELAY! DO IT TODAY! Save Ohio Libraries for future generations!
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