Look up the word "absurd" in the dictionary  

Posted by Mr. Ellsworth Toohey

Library worried about losing state funding

Wow, this is a pretty absurd article for a couple of reasons. One revolves around this statement:

Mostek wanted to irriterate that the loss of funding for the library itself doesn't coincide for funding for the expansion plan.

"This has nothing to do with the library's expansion," she said. "This is a separate issue. The expansion funds and plans are being handled by the Library Expansion Board."

Obviously, if you build a bigger building the operating cost will be higher and though the initial construction costs will not be impacted by the loss of state funding, the operating costs could be significantly higher in a period of less revenue. Here is another gem:

Mostek said that the most significant funder for the Phoenixville Library is the Phoenixville Area School District (PASD). However, the Phoenixville Area School Board has publicly stated that they would like to explore ways to no longer fund the library, she said.

"They would rather have the local municipalities fund us," Mostek said.

Can anyone see what is coming next (besides Rich Kirkner standing on his head talking about the inequity of the contributions)? A contribution structure based on population not on property value or income. So Phoenixville can bear more of the burden than the McMansions in Schuylkill Twp.

I can't wait for that fight. The library thinks they have the good will of the people over their expansion plans? Wait until the contribution fight hits town.

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Anonymous  

"They would rather have the local municipalities fund us," Mostek said.

That is just a lie. When the Con-Septic show came before the PASD several of the members started getting nervous about having to pay more legal bills for another fiasco. The first wave of PR said the School District had to fund the library because of some obligation to a dead Scotsman. When that was exposed as a bunch of hooey, the line became "the school board is going to cut off all our funding".
Kick the library out of that Second Avenue building and have it be the home of the Phoenixville Dramatic Arts society. The drama queens can continue to come from their Schuylkill township MacMansions and entertain the locals. Heck, they can do Shakespeare in the park, as there will still be there once we stop this dung.
The school board has expressed nothing other than it will increase library funding next year.

June 11, 2009 at 6:03 PM
Anonymous  

Some members of the school board are slicing and dicing to cut the budget to the point of bloodletting, but they will support a multi-million dollar library expansion? Huh?

June 11, 2009 at 9:04 PM
Anonymous  

Look up the word "irriterate" in the dictionary.

Can't find it? Dennis made it up. Did he mean reiterate?

I hope the new editor didn't proof this story before it went to print.

June 12, 2009 at 9:38 AM

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