Comments on: Commission: No Libraries To Close; Funding Solution Unknown

By: Well

Well — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 17:01:35 +0000

Funny, 1.7mil from the city to run the big city branches.

Not so funny, 3.7 mil from the county to run the smaller county branches.

You can believe i think they need cuts.

By: Southerner

Southerner — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 16:35:52 +0000

NO TAX INCREASES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Do the common people get a raise every time their budgets get tight?

By: perty

perty — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:54:39 +0000

I agree with Jane – it’s always the property owners who suffer. Yes, the commissioners salary should be cut. I fell like all the city, county, state & federal official make TOO MUCH MONEY. AND then there are those who are senior citizens and they are always having to come up with more money to pay more taxes..I understand that they got a raise, but then their insurance went up. Can’t win for loosing!! Whatever – just don’t land it on the property owners, if you’re in for taxes make it so everyone has to pay!!

By: juju

juju — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:48:55 +0000

raise taxes..funny a commissioner who is not running again would vote for that..way to get us again Kevin…as far as libaries go…and may I add I love to read…we really need to look as the usage…with the change in technology..how many people really do use them…may be should go to a pay as you go plan….why build one in Molino if only a small number of people use them..just a thought..we still need them..but how many

By: Trish

Trish — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:44:23 +0000

They blamed Randy Oliver and said that he should have never sent out a letter saying they were not going to fund the libraries. The county seems to do this every year. They need to find a solution so we will have our libraries.

By: 'Fused

'Fused — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 14:12:20 +0000

Maybe wrong about all this, but why would we be building a new library in Molino and be talking about cutting the library funding at the same time?

I understand the the local option sales tax can only be used for capital projects, like building things we can’t afford to operate. Does that mean we have such a surplus in capital funding that we’re making poor decisions?

By: Jane

Jane — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 10:14:54 +0000

How about lowering the commissioner’s salaries, letting them pay for their own lunches, dinners, etc., and adding a 1 cent sales tax so some of the medicaid receipients could help pay for their medical care? The tourists could help pay the bills too….why should the proprty owners have to foot the bill for everything? We weren’t the ones who didn’t pay the medicaid bills for almost a decade!

By: billw

billw — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 22:33:03 +0000

Our County Commission representative proposes that the “easiest” solution is to raise the property tax millage to solve the deficit problem. While it may be the easiest ,is it the best or only solution? Rather than work to find other possible ways out of this problem they would throw it on the back of property owners. The operative word is work.
I realize as much as anyone we need to fund certain things for the good of society as a whole and libraries may fall in that category. but I think probably revenue can be raised other ways or cuts could be made in other programs before we invoke that glib ” we’ll just raise taxes” attitude.

By: Ben Thar

Ben Thar — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 22:22:59 +0000

“Gene Valentino saying the county should first find ways to trim the bottom line before considering a tax increase”
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Shouldn’t they have already been trying to “find ways to trim the bottom line?” I was thinking trimming the bottom line had been a priority for a couple of years now.