Close most of Cobb's library branches?
Them's fightin' words, you worthless polecat,?(Commission Chairman) Tim Lee. You pretend to have the county's best interests at heart but what you urge is totally the opposite.
OK, folks - here's what we gotta do: Form up a verbal posse and track down this lyin' critter in his posh office and haul him off to the Court of Common Sense.
Multiple charges could be held against him - reckless endangerment of the common good would be one of them. Failure to consider the consequences of his proposals would be another.
Has he ever been inside a Cobb library branch and observed how it is so helpful to so many different kinds of people? Even the smallest one, like the Gritters branch, is always busy. Mothers, or their helpers, are there, helping little ones find books or having them enjoy story times. Teenagers are doing research; people like me are searching for things of interest to read - for ourselves or others who are bedridden and can't come on their own? People who are lonely and just come to read and enjoy a peaceful environment around others.
His proposal, along with his ideas about cutting fire and police protection, is insane. The impact of instituting his measures will be catastrophic. Perhaps he should consider taking a pay cut, ordering his pork barrel buddies do the same, giving up superfluous perks, and re-examine his strange notions about what Cobb really needs. Or maybe the ulterior motive is to bully us in to accepting another tax hike without being too angry?
He might get off Scot free in the Court of Common Sense, but there are a bunch of us armed with our votes to demand his recall or at least vote him and the rest of those scoundrels out ASAP!
Melissa B. Anderson
Marietta
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I would be interested in seeing the actual user numbers for each library. I bet the number of users is very limited.
Sounds like you've got enough money to support a few library books. People on fixed incomes don't have funds for 'gimmicks' that have to be upgraded every couple of months. The free WiFi is free only if you have a computer.
FREE WiFi at every McDonalds, Starbucks, hotel and other restaurants and more.
Many thousands of books FREE for the download to your notebook computer, ipad, iphone, blackberry or Kindle via Google books or the Kindle store --- all of which are quite excellent for curling up in bed and doing some reading...no matter what the temperature outside.
With all due respect 65year Cobb resident, you might want to spend some time learning about those "electronics" and the cheap opportunities they offer for learning/reading...and without the aid of your neighbors tax dollars.
Ah, there's nothing like curling up in bed on a cold winter's night with a piece of electronics.
Other than providing people access to computers with Internet access, whatever there is in the library that can not be obtained via the Internet is very small. If kids need study space...lets have them use the schools/school libraries after school.
As for the closing of 13 libraries, I was stunned to learn this county actually has 17 libraries. My better half tells me one library that will be closed(and that I did not know even existed) is about as far from us as one that is near-by that will not be closed. Simply put, we currently have at least two libraries that are about the same distance from us...one will close, the other will not. I have a hard time believing the situation is not the same for most other Cobb residents.
I am no Tim Lee fan, but he is right on the proposed library cuts.