Very very good questions! I just talked to both my state congress people, or their offices should I say. They seem to be blissfully unaware of it, and even asked me for further information. Is anyone irate yet? I asked specifically where a governor would get the power to already tell the librarians their jobs are ended. I got no answer. That was a great question. I was stunned beyond belief to hear them say they did not understand what I was talking about. Don't legislators and their aides read major papers anymore? If people do not get outraged, then this is going to happen. In fact, if their jobs end in July, it may already be done. Governor Bush's first figure on the class size amendment costing some 27 billion was later forced to be revised, in fact he admitted he was not sure about it. Then he said he was not sure how much it would cost. I just wanted to mention that, as it did not get widely publicized. Here is the site to visit to contact them. http://www.leg.state.fl.us/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "sdmarsh" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 9:19 AM Subject: [FLORIDA] Florida libraries > Okay, I've been following this and planning my letters to Jeb, et al, then the email below comes along. Am I missing something? If the budget just came out, and it hasn't passed the legislature yet, how have they told the librarians their jobs end July 1? Now that is confidence, moxie or whatever you want to call arrogance. > > I have seven lines in Florida before it became a state. I currently live in Texas so I have some experience with the Texas Bush management style. Luckily Texans have a strong sense of history. A two semester state history class is a required subject in college, something Florida should learn from, if it hasn't already. The Texas shrub never tried to destroy the state archives, but he sure left a mess in plenty of other "soft" areas. Like he's doing at the Federal level now. This really goes beyond closing libraries and cutting university budgets, but I'll leave that to your imaginations and not get into too much poilitics. I encourage everyone to get involved. We are still a democracy. If we loose balance between the "hard" budget areas and the "soft" ones, we truly loose who we are. Every area of a budget can be made more efficient, but most politicians just cut budgets in the areas they don't appreciate and leave the "scared cows" allow to get more and more waste! > ful. It's easy and full of opportunities for rhetoric. > > >Those are good links. Thanks. I just noticed in the article from the > >Tallahassee Democrat that the librarians have already been told their jobs > >end July 1. This makes it more urgent. > >Good links. > >Sydney > > Sharon > Come visit the family (30+ lines online) > www.roadshometofl.com > > >