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Librarian warns proposed tax 'reform' would gut local services

A state constitutional amendment favored by Republican gubernatorial candidate J. Kenneth Blackwell would bring sweeping changes in local government funding, and pubic library officials say its impact would be massive. Read more here.

Ohio is in a unique position unlike any other region in the country. Our libraries represent, with our colleges and universities, major legacy assets. These are public gifts of the previous industrial economy. They provide the basis for our children's innovation economy.

Building open economic networks through a strategic open process would allow us to guarrantee the legacy is preserved.

posted by Unknown @ 2/20/2006