tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671777.post8114740944796282616..comments2023-10-21T05:31:04.705-05:00Comments on Merle Widmer's PEORIA WATCH: Merle Widmer's HiatusMerle Widmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08788275198834985986noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671777.post-42382204351822866592008-04-23T11:58:00.000-05:002008-04-23T11:58:00.000-05:00The whole $100,000 referendum campaign was to appe...The whole $100,000 referendum campaign was to appeal to people who remembers libraries as they were formerly. Bastions of Education and Learning. Nostalgia carried the day as many people I talked to voted yes hadn't set foot in a library for years. <BR/><BR/>I was visiting Lakeview Tuesday. The self checkout machines were back in service; sort of, I only had to ask for assistance once. I looked over the shoulder of the nine computer users. None were referencing any library materials.Merle Widmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04267875223386924271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671777.post-66760885732786723562008-04-19T11:12:00.000-05:002008-04-19T11:12:00.000-05:00I can understand the library providing fiction for...I can understand the library providing fiction for kids, but why provide fiction for adults? If the purpose is to use tax dollars to entertain adults, why don't they ask the taxpayers if they would rather spend that part of the $35,000,000 for free fiction or free cable TV? And if the library insists on fiction for adults, why not buy it for pennies on the dollar by waiting a year after publication to purchase it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com