Moving Forward!

Extremely productive meeting this morning at the library with somewhere between 50 and 100 people in attendance. Lots of information shared, lots of misinformation cleared up, and lots of ideas about how to move forward, including many thoughts about how to reduce costs and thus the required tax levy if it's decided to go back to the voters again. Many other possibilities were also brought forth, such as running the library through the Library Foundation using donations, privatizing the library, going for a service distict (like 911) rather than an independent district (like the school district), establishing a "cultural district" that would include the library, the museum, 4H and possibly some other entities, having each city (Hood River, Cascade Locks, and Parkdale) responsible for its own library.... There were too many ideas to list them all here. Everyone who attended is on an e-mail list now and will be notified of further meetings to begin to sort all this out and focus in on what looks like it will work best. If you weren't able to attend and want to be on that e-mail list, send your e-mail address to saveourhoodriverlibrary@gmail.com.

No, We Are Not Giving Up!

The library district was not approved in this election, which means that the three branches of the library will be closed as of July 1...and already people are beginning to realize how devastating this is going to be, both economically and socially, for the county. We will try again, with even more support from the community, and we will succeed! We will be updating you as plans develop, both on this website and on our Facebook page.

VOTE!

Ballots are arriving in homes across the county and we just want to remind everyone to be sure to fill in the "YES" bubble under measure 14-37 (it is kind of hidden under the last fold, so be sure you don't miss it). Fill out your ballot and REMEMBER to RETURN it ASAP and at least by MAY 18. We need all of our supporters to make sure they get their ballots in - EVERY VOTE COUNTS (REALLY!) in this election and we need all the YES votes counted.


PLEASE PASS THIS REMINDER ON TO ALL YOUR LIBRARY SUPPORTER, REGISTERED VOTER FRIENDS.

and check out our "Save the Hood River County Library" Facebook page at
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=322764247896&v=wall