PRETZEL
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Wed Sep-16-09 11:54 AM
Response to Reply #57 |
| 65. Thanks, I did go back and read the other thread |
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and I think that lacking reserves that Philadelphia has (or what's left since the state's fiscal year started July 1) the possibility of closures (or servere cut backs in operations) on a short term basis is very real. There isn't a county in the state not facing the same issues. Mayor Nutters statements didn't seem out of the ordinary either. Cut backs due to reduced tax revenues (i.e. direct correlation to rise in foreclosures, increased unemployment) as well as increased costs both as a result of higher pension costs and insurance premiums really has necessated local/county governments to take serious looks at either reducing services or increasing tax rates. As a politician, neither scenario is politically helpful.
It is, unfortunately, both political and real.
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| -How can Philadelphia be closing its libraries while spending 69.5 million on the libraries? |
merh |
Sep-16-09 12:01 AM |
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Note that the letter I posted was from the library director. |
madfloridian |
Sep-16-09 12:04 AM |
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It would appear to be poor management |
merh |
Sep-16-09 12:07 AM |
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Library directors seldom sent out pure bullshit. Here is post from the website. |
madfloridian |
Sep-16-09 12:11 AM |
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I should call him to advise him to get a lawyer. |
merh |
Sep-16-09 12:18 AM |
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Accuse them, not me as you did in the post above. |
madfloridian |
Sep-16-09 12:19 AM |
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I haven't accused you of a thing. |
merh |
Sep-16-09 12:22 AM |
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"pathetic thing is, no one in the other thread (to include the OP) vetted the information" |
madfloridian |
Sep-16-09 12:26 AM |
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you might also want to call "him" HER - Siobhan is a woman's name. n/t |
Lance_Boyle |
Sep-16-09 11:40 AM |
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Disaster capitalism. Just like WaMu REO'd one of my mom's |
EFerrari |
Sep-16-09 12:06 AM |
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It is just a political game. |
merh |
Sep-16-09 12:09 AM |
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That is an attack on the library director. That is straight from the library website. |
madfloridian |
Sep-16-09 12:13 AM |
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Stop repeating yourself. |
merh |
Sep-16-09 12:20 AM |
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No, you accused me of not vetting the material. That is not true. |
madfloridian |
Sep-16-09 12:23 AM |
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You didn't vet the information. |
merh |
Sep-16-09 12:29 AM |
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That was in the comments.... I made that clear. NOT from the library website. |
madfloridian |
Sep-16-09 12:30 AM |
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You are free to stop posting in this thread whenever you like. |
merh |
Sep-16-09 12:37 AM |
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No, because you accused me of posting faulty material.... |
madfloridian |
Sep-16-09 12:39 AM |
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You posted from a legitimate source, you just didn't go further and |
merh |
Sep-16-09 12:42 AM |
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I don't care if you question. Just don't accuse me of not vetting. |
madfloridian |
Sep-16-09 12:45 AM |
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You didn't vet the information. |
merh |
Sep-16-09 12:47 AM |
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You will win this....but I am right. I say the library website is right. |
madfloridian |
Sep-16-09 12:52 AM |
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No, you won't need a lawyer. |
merh |
Sep-16-09 01:00 AM |
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Mayor Nutter in a letter to state senator. |
LiberalAndProud |
Sep-16-09 01:02 AM |
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Then the mayor better not put in for the stimulus money to |
merh |
Sep-16-09 01:08 AM |
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it's piqued, not peeked (although they are houyhnhnms) |
hfojvt |
Sep-16-09 12:53 AM |
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Official websites should NOT have to be vetted. Library director and me accused. |
madfloridian |
Sep-16-09 12:54 AM |
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I suppose you have never done the paperwork for CDBG |
merh |
Sep-16-09 01:13 AM |
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Sep-16-09 10:09 AM |
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And your post violates the rules of the forum. |
merh |
Sep-16-09 11:34 AM |
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What the hell are you talking about? |
hileeopnyn8d |
Sep-16-09 10:29 AM |
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Then the Pennsylvania citizenry's job is to vote out those scumbags |
Hawkeye-X |
Sep-16-09 11:00 AM |
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The OP of the other thread resents the accusation very much. |
madfloridian |
Sep-16-09 12:18 AM |
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I am posting the letter from the library website. |
madfloridian |
Sep-16-09 12:14 AM |
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Here's the reason I did not post about this the day before you did: |
Subdivisions |
Sep-16-09 11:12 AM |
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merh, who do we write to about this? |
Nikki Stone1 |
Sep-16-09 12:28 AM |
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merh says the library director should get a lawyer. |
madfloridian |
Sep-16-09 12:31 AM |
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I think writing the Mayor of Philadelphia would be a start. |
merh |
Sep-16-09 12:36 AM |
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If you get the info, I'll send an email |
Nikki Stone1 |
Sep-16-09 07:05 AM |
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i would suggest making phone calls first. n/t |
orleans |
Sep-16-09 11:02 AM |
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To Harrisburg? the Public Library system? |
Nikki Stone1 |
Sep-16-09 03:39 PM |
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Reposting the library website letter, so I DON"T get the blame. |
madfloridian |
Sep-16-09 12:33 AM |
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From my post....the referred to statement was in the comments.. |
madfloridian |
Sep-16-09 12:37 AM |
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Our public libraries are always packed, and Orlando is hardly known |
Lorien |
Sep-16-09 01:33 AM |
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From your link: |
LiberalAndProud |
Sep-16-09 12:54 AM |
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The monies are available to be awarded. |
merh |
Sep-16-09 01:04 AM |
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A wish list ... |
LiberalAndProud |
Sep-16-09 01:28 AM |
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The bill passed, the money has been set aside to be awarded. |
merh |
Sep-16-09 01:34 AM |
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You've used pretty strong lanuage. |
LiberalAndProud |
Sep-16-09 01:44 AM |
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Maybe the money is going for deconstruction of the Libraries. |
Rex |
Sep-16-09 01:53 AM |
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Perhaps they haven't received the money yet and the bank won't extend a line of credit to |
glitch |
Sep-16-09 10:16 AM |
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Of course "available to be awarded" does not mean received. |
merh |
Sep-16-09 10:54 AM |
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There is a difference between capital improvements funds and operating funds |
PRETZEL |
Sep-16-09 10:28 AM |
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True, but should the city go forward and apply for the capital |
merh |
Sep-16-09 10:44 AM |
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I would still say yes, |
PRETZEL |
Sep-16-09 10:51 AM |
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It would be defrauding the federal government. |
merh |
Sep-16-09 10:57 AM |
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I'm not saying that, |
PRETZEL |
Sep-16-09 11:08 AM |
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I agree that the library will be funded. |
merh |
Sep-16-09 11:15 AM |
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Thanks, I did go back and read the other thread |
PRETZEL |
Sep-16-09 11:54 AM |
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I well understand the situation all cities find themselves in. |
merh |
Sep-16-09 11:59 AM |
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In her letter, the director doesn't mention that it will be temporary probably because that presumes |
Gormy Cuss |
Sep-16-09 11:15 AM |
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I agree that the stimulus money won't be available if the public |
merh |
Sep-16-09 11:23 AM |
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I suspect that Reardon is playing a chess game here. |
Gormy Cuss |
Sep-16-09 11:35 AM |
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I'd go to the US congress folks |
merh |
Sep-16-09 11:48 AM |
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+1 |
hedgehog |
Sep-16-09 10:54 AM |
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If they couldn't afford existing operations, who pushed |
supernova |
Sep-16-09 10:33 AM |
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The Central Library |
hileeopnyn8d |
Sep-16-09 10:50 AM |
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Wow, what a shame |
supernova |
Sep-16-09 11:16 AM |
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"What will happen to all the special collections?" |
trusty elf |
Sep-16-09 12:45 PM |
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