On Thursday, August 5, 2004, at 03:15 PM, Dorie Rae Gallagher wrote:
No, No No .!!!..The mayor, city council , library board and staff, along
with the state...all had a part in this..you're not going to get off that
easy! It is true what you say, but decisions were made that gave
preferential treatment to some, at the expense of others.
Yes, yes, yes. The mayor and city council gave no deeper cuts to libraries than to others. The losses from the state were passed on at the same percentage levels.
The biggest losers were union members and other staff that lost jobs. It was and continues to be a devastating loss.
If there was any preferential treatment, it was to the idea that no libraries would be closed. The library trustees said they would all stay open. That decision caused the most loss of jobs.
There were no winners in this budgeting exercise.
We are on the same team. Shooting at each other isn't going to bring the money back. We have to work together and convince the source of the funds (the state) that the citizens of Minneapolis want their library funding restored.
Best,
Laura
Laura Waterman Wittstock MIGIZI Communications, Inc. 3123 East Lake Street Minneapolis, MN 55406 612.721.6631 ext 219 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.migizi.org http://laurawatermanwittstock.blogspot.com/
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