I'm a library guy.
I like the library, better than most places, and have checked libraries out before choosing where to buy a house.
My overdue fines alone have paid for new carpeting in several public libraries around the country.
But this doesn't help me want to vote $ to help out financially strapped libray systems.
As one who buys library books by the hundreds at throw-away prices, I want to thank you for your private largesse (fines) and commend you for your enlightened views on the fiscal idiocy and book selection policies of many public libraries. For my money, stock the public shelves with books of merit that advance knowledge - not the latest editions of Hustler and PC comix. If people want the latest dreck, let them go to a bookseller.