> WM: "Very nice libraries" isn't a term that can be compared to what > Minneapolis has and does not have. Because Minneapolis has very nice > libraries as well. Minneapolis has a different mission and goals than do > many other public libraries. Minneapolis also has a research function. > That goal requires funding as well as the popular library. In many ways, > as we codify the experience of this civilization, in this place, MPL > catalogs the myriad perspectives we can use to approach archieving our > goal of access to information for all as a primary public service > requirement. But you will notice that wealthy counties like Dakota, > Washington, Hennepin, Ramsey, and Scott, do put more money into their > libraries.
Mark Anderson: What is this research function that MPL has? And why don't other libraries have the same function? As I've said before, I think MPL has taken on too many functions. They should be providing books for the residents in Mpls, period. > > > So, who funds the county libraries? Who funds city libraries? Should > > most of the funds for Minneapolis, county and other city libraries > > come from the state? > > WM: This you can look up for yourself on the internet or at the library. > I spent three years looking at all this information, but I left it at > the library, it was their material. Ergo, it's there. Got get it. > > > Wizard says "many, many states budget more money to their libraries > > than does Minnesota." Which ones? Many, many implies far more than a > > simple majority. > > WM: Does it? Who says? > > > So are you saying more than 30 states budget more than Minnesota? Is > > that on a per capita, percentage of state revenue or just total > > dollars basis? > > WM: I've already posted the paths to this information. American Library > Association, any library in the area, or InfoLine. It's your job to go > get the information. > The tone of your post is accusatory, as if to imply that I do not know > what I'm talking about. I'm posting the sources of my information so > that you can access it yourself rather than rely on my understanding of > the facts. Mark Anderson: I've never been to debate school, but I never heard of a strategy of making general assertions, and then pointing to a bunch of web sites, stating that these sites back up the assertions. Since you can't provide any more data than "many, many" and "Dakota, Washington, Hennepin, Ramsey, and Scott, do put more money into their libraries," MY presumption is that you are just guessing. My experience looking at government budgets is that it's usually not so simple as just showing that this number is bigger than that one, therefore this entity spends more than that. I'm not going to spend the time trying to figure out the budgets, because I have other things to do. Which means that I will not make an assertion either way, but I won't believe yours either. Mark Anderson Bancroft TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. 2. If you don't like what's being discussed here, don't complain - change the subject (Mpls-specific, of course.) ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
