Sydney, don't let illiterates run you off...please, just consider the source they came from...let them unsub if they don't like people fighting to save a library of such importance....were it not for the list most people would not know what is happening..... Again, ignore the ignorant!!!! Joan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sydney Cardner" <bcardner@tampabay.rr.com> To: <FLHILLSB-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 5:11 PM Subject: [FLHILLSB] Closing libraries and archives is serious. Politics should not be involved. > The last two emails have helped me make my decision to unsubscribe after I > post this. > http://www.dos.state.fl.us/dlis/barm/fsa.html > > That is probably the best online record of history of any state. Hours of > work have gone into it. It is now limiting its online hours, and it may > soon be gone. > > I have talked to my congressmen, who are, incidentally, all Republicans. > This should not be a Democrat/Republican issue. It really and truly has > nothing to do with the class size amendment. The true and honest figures on > that are not well known, and what ever they were would be split over 10 > years. > > In his inaugural address this year, he said he wanted to empty the > government buildings. That was not rhetoric, he meant it. The library is > there, the funds for it are minimal in terms of a state budget, the > archives are housed. Systems were recently added to keep the temperature > and surroundings in a way to better preserve the archives. > > FSU's president, Dr. Wetherell, has publicly stated they can NOT handle the > archives. Their funding is being cut drastically, as are all state > university budgets. If the library is allowed to be turned over to a > private company, there is not guarantee the items will be available like > they are now. If they are privatized, they may be lost to us forever as > genealogists. > > Washington State is closing theirs, but a recent letter from their Sec. of > State to me gave hope that maybe they can stop it. The state of Virginia is > starting along the same path. It will be a constant battle to save our > libraries. England and Canada are working with our country to try to stop > this trend of making libraries expendable. > > To the two who thought my post was political, perhaps you need to do some > real reading up on what is going on. Both of my Republican congressmen > here are really alarmed, and they do not like the fact that the Sec. of > State here has already met with the librarians. The legislature, after all, > must approve the budget. That is why we elected them. It is their job to > approve it. > > I choose not to be on a list with so many people who are so angry and ready > to jump on people. > > I was always taught that if you want to make a point with people, you > should do it nicely. Now that I have made mine, I am going to unsub. I > don't contribute that much to this list anyway. > > I do hope some of you can deal with your anger and face the reality of what > is going on. > > Sydney Cardner > Retired educator, good American, concerned citizen > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >