Comments on: Board Seeks Tax Increase To Save County Libraries

By: HBM:)

HBM:) — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 21:26:40 +0000

@michelle! Ummm unfortunately you haven’t been to the Century library bc it ALWAYS has patrons inside! You should come and check out how AMAZING the Century Branch Library really is!

By: Michelle

Michelle — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 03:28:57 +0000

Unfortunately libraries are becoming a thing of the past. Go to any library anywhere, any day, anytime and there is hardly anyone there. There seems to be more staff then readers. It’s time to move on,

By: JM

JM — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 21:06:22 +0000

You can want and need a new car too, but that doesn’t mean this is the year
you can afford the thing.

By: Library Lover

Library Lover — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 03:04:49 +0000

If you’ve actually been in the Century Library, you would know that it’s not just a place for people to surf the web!!! It houses books that our children are reading and some that are required reads. Plus, stop and think for a moment…Have you evr been in a library? More than likely the answer is yes. It hasn’t changed that much from when you were in one.

By: citizen

citizen — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 13:53:51 +0000

So, we need a tax increase so some people can have internet access? Hmm…

By: c.w.

c.w. — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 11:38:18 +0000

Yeah, I’ve used Hughes Net. It is what my parents and other family members in the area currently have. Dial up is faster, therefore if my parents need to use the internet, they go the public library. The fact that it is considered high speed is a joke.

Try ATT if you don,t like hughes net. or just keep dial up. If you have dial up you must have a phone line.

By: SW

SW — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 10:49:16 +0000

Another tax increase on property owners? Why do we have to foot the bill? The taxpayers can’t afford this continual seizing by government.

Sorry, but libraries are not an essential service for county residents and computers/internet are not an entitlement.

No. No more taxes.

BTW, I am a taxpaying landowner and a voter.

By: JM

JM — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 02:01:07 +0000

I was against how much money this particular library was going to cost this
poor county. If they had looked around and figured a little harder I feel that
certainly they could have cut some corners and built this thing for less, even
if they had to build it at some other site. Every family knows it’s a fool’s errand
to spend more than you can afford.. I believe the children of this county
deserve a library and what is a better place for them to hang out than a library. At lease they are not bored and out doing the wrong things and being a problem to the community. Who knows maybe some of them would actually learn something useful. 2 things bother me.
The reason they are short which is because some ppl didn’t pay bills that
were needed to be collected so now we all pick up that tab even tho we had
nothing to do with the debt. The second problem is this was just to darned expensive
in this economy and working peoples budgets are stretched to the limits
as we are picking up the tabs all by ourselves, for welfare, medicare, medicaid,
unemployment, social security and so on, and so on. They will soon be impoverishing us all with their never ending spending habits. The rising gas costs
are hurting so manyt in the county also. I think we need a full accounting publicized of where every penny of this money has gone and what else is needed. Maybe they need to just STOP and wait for next years federal hand outs to finish this project. Gee that’s a thought actually waiting till you can afford the darned thing. Why does it have to be finished THIS year.

We need to cut the fat and stop spending.

By: whatthehay

whatthehay — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 23:44:10 +0000

We all must live within our budgets, when our money is cut we cut nonessentials from our budgets, internet, cable and other extras, so why are we getting a new library when we cannot afford it? I expect the government to cut extras just like I have to. LOST funds are being used to build the new library but not staff it, so if you dont have the money you dont have the money. As for a few extra dollars, I am just about a few extras dollars taxed out. My husband has lost his job and we are barely hanging on and yes we chose to live in a rural area with all its pros and its cons, if you can afford to get to the library you can afford a small users fee to pay for the staff and utilities. As for the tag office it is replacing a building that the lease is coming up on and it is state taxes that pay for it, remember when your tags doubled, that made you feel good didnt it? What a mess.

By: Trish

Trish — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 20:12:01 +0000

Citizen: that is like saying that every teenager is a delinquent. I think you would find that most people using the computers are 1) taking some sort of test for school 2) applying for unemployment (the unemployment office sends people to the library to file and get help), 3) applying for some kind of assistance (they also send to people to the library because they DON’T help anymore) 4) filling out job applications (and yes a lot of companies now make you apply on-line).