A Library in Monrovia's Future
I'm happy to be able to write that Measure L was approved by voters, albeit a small margin. I think it will be a great boon for the city and will likely raise property values around the neighborhood. I can hardly wait!
Charlotte Schamadan, a library proponent and board member, was relieved that the Measure passed. "Election Night turned out to be a real nail-biter as we watched the precinct vote talleys come in slowly and not much higher than the 66.7% Yes votes we needed to build a new Monrovia Library," she said today. "We shall break ground in the early Fall, and work hard to have it built by Spring of 2009. It shall be an exciting time for our little burg!"
Visit the city's website to view actual tallies on all election items.
posted by aw
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Traveling back to New England, I was struck by the genuine seriousness they take with their libraries. They are beautiful, better than a Barnes & Nobel to go sit and read in. And the people use them well. I would love to see that here. Libraries around here seem to go for government-look ugly metal bookshelves and a lot of 20 year old books of out-dated topics.
11:38 PM
Its sad the city has been so short sighted and let this get so bad before they did anything about it. I think the wiser choice would have been to charge extra fees to developers down at the rail station to get it built instead of us footing the bill for their poor fiscal planning over the years.
7:14 PM
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