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Originally Posted by carpetmojo
A point that may be of interest...
Here in Somerset, the council saw the library service as a soft target, and put in train a swathe of cuts to libraries, hours, staff, the lot.
Then an eagle-eyed objector spotted a legal requirement on the council, to provide a satisfactory full service.
At considerable cost/risk, and a large protest movement in papers and media. a group formed to take the Council to court.
They won, and the authority has withdrawn plans, even suggested it will expand some features.
The People won, the "representatives" bowed to the result.
A lot of verysharp eyes now will be making sure they don't try it again.  |
... and, inevitably, something else will suffer as a result. Perhaps they'll cut the education budget, or "meals on wheels", or adult education. All these things have consequences. It's all very well to say "libraries are important". Yes, of course they are, but so are lots of other things. If the council has to cut its budget, the library service has to take its share of cutbacks along with everything else.