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Is the purpose of government to run libraries or recreation centers? Of course not. While folks are losing jobs and homes, high taxes add to the burden.
"Get ready for shuttered libraries and recreation centers, a top city of San Diego official told a City Council committee Wednesday morning.
Chief Operating Officer Jay Goldstone said the city cannot close its looming $72 million budget gap without eliminating some libraries and recreation centers. For good.
"Given current economic conditions we would be closing them with the expectation that they would be permanently closed," Goldstone said in response to questions from Councilman Todd Gloria.
Goldstone said the city is developing a formal plan for handling closures. It would address how the facilities would be sold, leased, boarded up or otherwise managed if they're shut down.
Unspoken during that portion of this morning's Budget and Finance Committee meeting was a way out: Proposition D and an estimated $100 million annually in new sales tax revenue if it passes."
This is not about libraries, it is about blackmail--pass a tax increase or we will close stuff.
Great idea. Don't pass the tax increase, close facilities and let people have their money back. It is called freedom.
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"Get ready for shuttered libraries and recreation centers, a top city of San Diego official told a City Council committee Wednesday morning.
Chief Operating Officer Jay Goldstone said the city cannot close its looming $72 million budget gap without eliminating some libraries and recreation centers. For good.
"Given current economic conditions we would be closing them with the expectation that they would be permanently closed," Goldstone said in response to questions from Councilman Todd Gloria.
Goldstone said the city is developing a formal plan for handling closures. It would address how the facilities would be sold, leased, boarded up or otherwise managed if they're shut down.
Unspoken during that portion of this morning's Budget and Finance Committee meeting was a way out: Proposition D and an estimated $100 million annually in new sales tax revenue if it passes."
This is not about libraries, it is about blackmail--pass a tax increase or we will close stuff.
Great idea. Don't pass the tax increase, close facilities and let people have their money back. It is called freedom.
More...