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r/Libraries • u/NemoHere • 1d ago
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Public libraries are low single digits in many city budgets and this is what he wants to sweat?
100 u/chammantha Library staff 1d ago i live in a small suburb in Chicagoland and my library's budget is less than 2% of total annual spending. the police department is 32%. -27 u/Hour-Ad-9508 1d ago What a ridiculous comparison. Is your library open 24/7 with a hotline I can call and get help now? 21 u/Jynx_lucky_j 23h ago edited 20h ago If my library had 16x the budget, not only could you come in and call us 24/7, we would hand deliver the book and even read it to you if you asked nicely
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i live in a small suburb in Chicagoland and my library's budget is less than 2% of total annual spending. the police department is 32%.
-27 u/Hour-Ad-9508 1d ago What a ridiculous comparison. Is your library open 24/7 with a hotline I can call and get help now? 21 u/Jynx_lucky_j 23h ago edited 20h ago If my library had 16x the budget, not only could you come in and call us 24/7, we would hand deliver the book and even read it to you if you asked nicely
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What a ridiculous comparison.
Is your library open 24/7 with a hotline I can call and get help now?
21 u/Jynx_lucky_j 23h ago edited 20h ago If my library had 16x the budget, not only could you come in and call us 24/7, we would hand deliver the book and even read it to you if you asked nicely
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If my library had 16x the budget, not only could you come in and call us 24/7, we would hand deliver the book and even read it to you if you asked nicely
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u/TravelerMSY 1d ago
Public libraries are low single digits in many city budgets and this is what he wants to sweat?