RitaE
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Well in this area any increase in Property Tax line items has to be approved by Voter Referendum ... so the library adding a fee on top of Property Taxes would basically be a method of trying to circumvent voter approval.
Our library has been slammed the past couple of years - not by decreasing budgets because our taxes haven't decreased one bit. They're being hit with massive increases in use as people who used to buy their own books have moved to the library in order to manage their own budgets.
It used to be that I could go up to the library on a Tuesday afternoon and almost have the place to myself. That never happens anymore and last week I went up there one evening and couldn't even find a parking place.
Our library has been slammed the past couple of years - not by decreasing budgets because our taxes haven't decreased one bit. They're being hit with massive increases in use as people who used to buy their own books have moved to the library in order to manage their own budgets.
It used to be that I could go up to the library on a Tuesday afternoon and almost have the place to myself. That never happens anymore and last week I went up there one evening and couldn't even find a parking place.