> Michael Hohmann wrote: > I don't think city residents passed a new library referendum thinking it > would double as a homeless shelter! What is the position of the Library > Board, management and staff; and most importantly library users, regarding > such arrangements? How about the City Council and County Commissioners?
The library represents in a very pure form the democratic ideal that all people are equal. At the Library Implementation Committee we have had numerous discussions about this and what this means for the physical form of the library. What it means to build a library that is open and welcoming to all persons in the community regardless of economic status, ability, etc. The library's function, however, is to serve as a library and not as a homeless shelter. The homeless people who are there are patrons of the library just like everyone else and their needs as library patrons are being discussed. But I have heard no discussions of the library to be a substitute for a homeless shelter. Carol Becker Longfellow _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
