[net-gold] LIBRARIES: PUBLIC : FUNDING : UNITED STATES: CITIES: SEATTLE, WASHINGTON: Fund Libraries in City Budget, Vote No on Seattle Proposition 1
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- Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2012 17:14:51 -0400 (EDT)
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LIBRARIES: PUBLIC :
FUNDING :
UNITED STATES: CITIES: SEATTLE, WASHINGTON:
Fund Libraries in City Budget, Vote No on Seattle Proposition 1
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Fund Libraries in City Budget, Vote No on Seattle Proposition 1
The Seattle Proposition 1 library levy has less accountability than any
proposed to voters in a generation.
By Chris Leman
Special to The Times
Sunday, July 22, 2012
Seattle Times
Editorials / Opinions
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/
opinion/2018736818_guest22chrisleman.html
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A shorter URL for the above link:
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http://tinyurl.com/cm7rmat
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A core public service that we all treasure, libraries should be fully
funded in the regular budget, our city's statement of its true priorities.
Seattle Proposition 1's temporary funding from a new property tax would
free the mayor and city council to begin diverting the libraries' regular
funding to other departments, never to return.
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Don't let them do it.
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Voter-approved levies are for big, infrequent capital projects or
emergencies, not day-to-day operations or manufactured crises like this
one. Otherwise, government becomes a patchwork of temporary funding
measures that don't steward essential functions or address civic needs.
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The proposed property-tax levy raises $123 million over seven years. And
for what? It lacks ironclad commitments like those which earned voters'
trust for the 1998 property-tax increase which rebuilt our beautiful
libraries.
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The language of the levy ordinance, in the voters guide, provides less
accountability than for any levy proposed to voters in a generation:
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No safeguards to protect branch libraries from being closed or from
losing funds to the downtown library.
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No guarantee of increased library hours, improved maintenance or better
technology.
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No prohibition of decreased hours, neglected maintenance and technology,
or closed branches.
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No oversight committee to ensure responsible spending of the levy
proceeds.
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The complete article may be read at the URL above.
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Sincerely,
David Dillard
Temple University
(215) 204 - 4584
jwne@xxxxxxxxxx
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