Rally on November 18th! Take the bus at no cost!

[Rebekkah Smith Aldrich (MHLS)]

NYLA RALLY TO PROTEST FURTHER CUTS IN STATE AID TO LIBRARIES AND LIBRARY SYSTEMS

When:  Tuesday, November 18th  @1:00pm

Where:  Well of the Legislative Office Building, Albany

How to get there: Take the bus for free! Thanks to MHLS, RCLS & SENYLRC a bus will be provided at no cost to library supporters. Stops include the Newburg Mall (9:45am), the New Paltz Thruway Exit (10:00am) and the hotel off the Kingston Thruway Exit (10:30). Arriving in Albany at noon (you'll have 1 hour for lunch on your own before the rally.) The bus will depart Albany @2:30pm. [You must register online to reserve your seat: http://calendar.midhudson.org/]

Driving yourself? Cars can find parking in the garages underneath or nearby the Empire State Plaza. Visit  http://www.ogs.state.ny.us/Parking/forVisitor/visitor.html for more information

Objective:  The NYS Legislature is holding a Special Session at the request of the Governor to consider $1.5 to $2 billion in further cuts to the 2008-09 State Budget.
Library Aid has already been cut twice this year from $102 million to $99 million.

Although we realize the state is facing difficult economic times, libraries and library systems have already done their part toward reducing the state’s budget deficit.  Other sources of revenue should be explored and other state funded programs need to do their share to reduce the state budget deficit.

Questions:   Contact Rebekkah @rsm...@midhudson.org or x39.

In addition, NYLA has posted a letter on their website to send to the Governor and state Legislators urging them not to cut Library Aid again.  Visit <www.nyla.org> and click on Contact Your Elected Officials button to advocate for libraries.

 

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Rebekkah Smith Aldrich, Coordinator of Member Information
Mid-Hudson Library System
103 Market Street
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
845.471.6060 x39
FX: 845.454.5940
http://midhudson.org