Our Mayor is set to close 11 Libraries tomorrow with no plans to reopen them. Out cry from the masses has fallen on deaf ears so we are all SOL. I grew up visiting the Holmesburg library constantly and I don't know if I would be here today without it. I took part in the summer reading programs and loved having access to so many books for free. I fear for our city's future.
- Current Location:H.Q. of the Man!
- Current Mood:
sad
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Stirred by Mayor Nutter's proposal to close 11 branch libraries, the opponents came tumbling off the shelves of Philadelphia society - rich, poor, black, white, homeschoolers from the Northeast, young anarchists from West Philly.
Then, astoundingly, they won. At least for now.
A judge's ruling Tuesday forced Nutter to get City Council approval or a court order to implement his plan to save $36 million by 2013 through closing the branches. Nutter called the ruling an assault on the City Charter's strong-mayor form of government and said he would appeal.