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I know before I moved, I looked into getting library access through various libraries, since I lived in an unserved area. The only library near by was a small dinky one, that was only for the people who lived in the town I lived near (and since I was just outside of the border, I couldn't use it). The neighboring counties offered library access to nonresidents, and from the people I talked to, their fee was based on roughly what would have been paid through taxes were I a resident, usually rounded up to a nice number. Based on the info I was given, the SLCL gets roughly $31 dollars per person on average, where as they charge $50 for nonresident membership.
Based on that info, how can the non residents be seen as being a leech? They'll most likely use the library less due to lack of physical access, limiting them to pretty much just the ebooks, and when ever they are in town. Yeah, they're not paying for schools, and things like that, but then again, they're also not using those other things. They're strictly using the library, which they help fund it better than the actual residents do.
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