Update 29 October 2011 20:20
41st Ward Citizens,
Thank you for signing the petition to Save Chicago Libraries.
Thank you for signing the petition to Save Chicago Libraries.
Our fight to save the libraries is gaining momentum, with thousands of supporters and some great media coverage. Now please join us in the next step to protect the libraries from harmful budget cuts:
Story Time at City Hall
Monday, Oct. 31 at 10:30 a.m. - 121 N LaSalle St., Fifth Floor
Children are welcome! Bring a favorite book!
We'll deliver our signed petitions to the Mayor's office and bring our message right where it most needs to be heard.
We hope to see you there!
Story Time at City Hall
Monday, Oct. 31 at 10:30 a.m. - 121 N LaSalle St., Fifth Floor
Children are welcome! Bring a favorite book!
We'll deliver our signed petitions to the Mayor's office and bring our message right where it most needs to be heard.
We hope to see you there!
Thanks for your support
If you don't agree with Chicago Public Library Budget Cuts... sign an on-line petition and call the alderman.
Chicago Public Libraries needs our help to fight off draconian budget cuts that will cripple our neighborhood libraries.
The current budget calls for the layoff of 363 librarians and staff, or 32% of the library workforce.
And service hours will be cut eight (8) hours/week.
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-10-21/news/chi-aldermen-decry-proposed-library-cuts-offer-few-solutions-20111021_1_library-cuts-funding-libraries-branch-libraries . An amendment to the budget is being drafted now for the full restoration of library services.
Here’s what you can do:
1. Sign this online petition: http://www.savechicagolibraries.com/ and tell every Chicagoan you know to sign it, too.
2. Call or visit your aldermen, and ask them to FULLY FUND THE LIBRARY.
3. Help spread the word! The amendment to the budget will be presented to City Council by November 9. We have a very short window to let our leaders know what we think.
The current budget calls for the layoff of 363 librarians and staff, or 32% of the library workforce.
And service hours will be cut eight (8) hours/week.
http://articles.
Here’s what you can do:
1. Sign this online petition: http://www.savechicagolibraries.com/ and tell every Chicagoan you know to sign it, too.
2. Call or visit your aldermen, and ask them to FULLY FUND THE LIBRARY.
3. Help spread the word! The amendment to the budget will be presented to City Council by November 9. We have a very short window to let our leaders know what we think.
eight hours less a week for a 32% cutt in staff sounds like a pretty good deal. Wish Rham would cutt 32% of the whole city budget except for police fire and teachers. Start reducing our tax and fees instead of raising them.
ReplyDeleteResearch demonstrates children who read become creative, critical thinkers. We must encourage reading in a technology age where kids spend more time texting and on computers then reading, skill building, athletics and developing emotional intelligence.
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While I do not live in the 41st ward, I utilize the library quite frequently. It is always inundated with parents and children. I am particularly concerned about the changes in the budget because low income families will not have access to the services that they so desperately need. Our children are our future. Let's do what we can for them.
ReplyDeleteThe mayor frequently states what he does is "for the children". How can cuts in the library help the children?
ReplyDeleteI was unemployed for about 8 months last year. It was the library that kept me sane during the worst episode of my life. Reading the daily newspapers and magazines kept me sharp for interviews, and I caught up on reading and even listened to "Learn Spanish" tapes. I read the bulletin board for community and library events, and attended the free ones. If anything, invest more in library services.
The mayor uses children when they can help him politically, but if they start needing services like the library, they are a liability, and the conversation abruptly changes.
ReplyDeleteThe Chicago Public Library system is one of our greatest assets.
ReplyDeleteI use the Harwood Heights Library which has great hours including Sundays at certain times of the year.
ReplyDeleteIt would be a same to close down or shorting the hours. This is the only place that I have that I know that will help me to stay focus and to keep my head on striaght to better my life. How would I possiblely continual to do that if the library shorting there hours and closing them down I just hope that the Gage Park branch will stay open for these reason. Thank You.
ReplyDeleteWhy is it when budget cuts are made, it is always the children, the poor and the public who mostly need the public libraries who will be affected and are forgotten? The public libraries have been a big help to so many especially in this time of economic crisis? I am very grateful for the books, the dvds, the cds and other items I can check out for free which I can't afford to buy nowadays. I am grateful for a place where I can read and relax in silence and meet parents like me and share stories when library events come up. The library is my destination every weekend so how can you, Mr Mayor, change people's lives? Save the public libraries...please!
ReplyDeleteThere are better cuts to make than to make cuts that affect our youngsters and elderly. Do not remove one of the few things these people use to get information and educate themselves. It has always been a place to get information that maybe you can not find in other places. It is also a place for children to go to study in a quiet environment.
ReplyDeleteThe libraries had to reduce their hours nearly two years ago and already lost many staff members to layoffs in 2009, other staff have retired or moved on over the last couple of years and they have hired almost no replacements. How can they keep helping people who walk in their doors if there are fewer of them left. Contact your alderman and the mayor and fight for your libraries!
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