Community Corner
REAL PUBLIC INPUT PROCESS NEEDED FOR OUR LIBRARIES
Library board seeks public input, but there are concerns about the intent
Ellie acknowledges the very real concern many have about the rushed, last-minute "public input" sessions regarding the future of Fairfax County Public Libraries and the relentless focus on same discredited, deeply unpopular "Beta plan" in spite of the plan being "suspended indefinitely" by the Library Board at their Sept. 11 meeting. There is also an attempt to reinterpret the November progress report to the Board of Supervisors on the outreach effort as a deadline for public input and for a "recommendation" on the Beta instead - a complete misrepresentation of the Board of Supervisor resolution. These concerns were strongly reinforced by the first "public input" session last night. The commitment to railroading the Beta plan through and ignoring the overwhelming "public input" from both last night and from the last many weeks AGAINST the plan was crystal clear last night.
Please contact the Library Board to demand a far more serious effort to seek public input and to really listen to and conform to that input
http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/aboutthelibrary/trustees.htm
The three Library Board members overseeing the public input process are David Ray davidcfray@hotmail.com, Mary Peterson mpetersen3936@gmail.com, and Susan Thorniley sthorniley@fcps.edu