FUSsa-talk Mailing List: Re: Mpls Library Closings

[Carol Koepp (carolkoepp]

Great idea to get advice from Diane Hofstede, I think
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Adele Hansen" <hanse002 [at] tc.umn.edu>
To: "Carol Koepp" <carolkoepp [at] comcast.net>
Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 2:44 PM
Subject: Re: [sa-talk] Mpls Library Closings


> At last night's membership Committee meeting, we were talking about
> the terrible decision to close three Mpls. libraries.  Caroline
> Lappin suggested this might be something that the Social Action
> Committee might wish to respond to, and also ty to do something about
> (perhaps as a letter writing campaign).
> For those who may not have been following:  the Mpls. Library Board
> decided to close three branch libraries at least until summer:
> Roosevelt (which serves the community near Roosevelt High), Southwest
> (the Dinkytown area), and Webber Park,  a library on the Northside
> I'm going to call Diane Hofstede's office (she wrote comments on the
> Editorial page in today's Star Trib) to see if there's anything that
> can be done at a grass-roots level.
>
> Adele
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