State Budget Negotiations Near Completion - Library Advocates Need to Act Now

[Rebekkah Smith Aldrich (MHLS)]

Please excuse the cross-postings...

 

-----Original Message-----
From: New York's Libraries Information Network [mailto:NYL...@listserv.nysed.gov]On Behalf Of Michael Borges
Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 3:06 PM
To: NYL...@listserv.nysed.gov
Subject: [NYLINE] NYLA Legislative Alert - State Budget Negotiations Near Completion - Library Advocates Need to Act Now

Dear Library Advocate,

 

State budget negotiations are near completion and a final deal could be reached by this weekend.  Library Advocates need to remind their Legislators and the Governor to restore the proposed $18 million or 18% cut in Library Aid. 

 

Please go to our Online Advocacy Center at <www.nyla.org>  and send a fax/email to your legislators to remind them not to forget about their commitments to restore Library Aid.  If these cuts go through, Library Aid will be reduced to $80.5 million a level not seen since 1993. 

 

Library usage has skyrocketed across the state and nation.  Now is not the time to cut public services that are in the greatest demand and needed the most. 

Libraries have already been cut twice last year, we have contributed our share, now it is time for others to do their part to solve the state's budget deficit.

 

Please forward this message to your friends, colleagues, trustees, etc.  We need to send at least 5,000 messages over the next few days.

Visit www.nyla.org  and click on Contact Your Elected Officials Button.   Thanks for your support.

 

Michael J. Borges

Executive Director

New York Library Association

6021 State Farm Road

Guilderland, New York 12084

(518) 432-6952, ext. 101

(518) 427-1697 Fax

dire...@nyla.org

 

 

 

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Rebekkah Smith Aldrich, Coordinator of Member Information
Mid-Hudson Library System
103 Market Street
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
845.471.6060 x239
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