The Library received the following comment on a feedback
survey: “If Major League Baseball Teams build ballparks without public money,
then this library can also be built without public money! Have some of the
elected officials donate a portion of their pay and see where it goes from
there.”
Major League Baseball teams charge for tickets. The
definition of a public library is an organization established and funded by the
community to provide access to knowledge, information and works of the
imagination and to make access equally available to all members of the
community. Put simply, you aren’t charged to use basic library services – no charge
for admission!
Library Trustees are elected officials who serve voluntarily
– without pay. They already donate their time to serve the community that
elected them.
And for the record, if a local elected officials are paid, it
is with public money. If those funds were instead used to pay for a building, the
building would be built with public money…
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