An Opportunity to Say 'No'
Libraries generally don't have the "tug 'n pull' effect on taxpayers' hearts as does K-12 public education. However, libraries are usually seen as part of a community's infrastructure since most are not big-ticket items in the budgets of most local governments. Consequently, it was surprising to read this morning on Buffalo's WBEN radio website that voters in Niagara Falls had rejected a library tax by a rather wide margin, 59-41, which means the town's two public libraries will close on July 1.The radio's news report quoted a trustee of the library board saying, "It's not that they don't want a library, they don't want a tax." City officials are scrambling to find other revenue sources. Makes you wonder how a similar vote would turnout in Arlington County. Hat tip to Virginia News Source.