Excellent point. The problem with MPL's isn't a lack of facilities, it is a lack of people and funds to keep them open. And while corporations and large donors will make capital investments in facilities in exchange for naming rights, it's a lot harder to hire librarians willing to tattoo "3M" or "Target" on their forehead. It is very hard to fund sustained services on one time funds, and it is far more difficult to get sustained long-term operations funding for any operation from large donors. I'd be far more happy to see MPL invest significantly in their grant seeking capacity, which has a better potential to yield money with fewer strings attached. Was there any discussion of that at the candidate's forum?
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