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May 11, 2010
Libraries are a life source
Letter to the Editor
nj.com
May 11, 2010
Libraries are a critical resource in our communities; in tough times, libraries help people help themselves. Libraries provide computer access to job seekers and students, and information database access to small businesses, which would be otherwise unaffordable. Libraries offer early literacy programs and homework help to families, as well as self-improvement resources, classes and a host of other services.
Gov. Chris Christie’s proposed budget would gut this funding by 74 percent. Libraries will be forced to strip needed services, and some will close entirely. The statewide Library for the Blind and Handicapped will be completely defunded. And these cuts will cause the loss of $4.5 million in federal money.
This disproportionate cut is irresponsible. It sacrifices federal funding, destroys libraries’ tax-saving cost-sharing structure and deprives New Jerseyans of a tool for self-sufficiency. I urge New Jerseyans to contact the governor and their state senators to protest the cut to state library funding.
Heather Craven, Nutley
Posted by tumulty at May 11, 2010 4:46 PM
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