Posted on 02/19/2024 8:44:52 PM PST by SeekAndFind
This library has checked out.
A public library in California has shut its doors following months of rampant drug use, robberies and even public sex between the bookshelves as Golden State cities are held hostage by criminals.
The Contra Costa County Library’s Antioch Branch that it made the decision to close beginning on Saturday until further notice as the “repeated dangerous incidents” have threatened the safety of its patrons.
“During the closure, the Library will be working to implement further security measures so we can reopen as soon as possible,” the library service said in a statement.
A library spokesperson told KTVU that this dire situation goes beyond typical bad library behavior like talking too loud, failing to return books on time or even vandalism and theft.
“We’ve also had drug activity and drug use both inside the library and on library property,” Brooke Converse, a Contra Costa County Library System representative, said.
“People having sexual intercourse inside the library or on property in full view of patrons and staff. We found bullet casings on library property.”
The Mayor of Antioch, a city of about 115,000 located 45 miles northeast of Oakland, opposed the library’s closure and said citizens were blindsided by the decision.
“No one in the City of Antioch, including the police chief, was informed of safety concerns by Contra Costa County regarding the library,” Lamar Hernandez-Thorpe said.
Library officials told the outlet that the branch is run by the county, who made the call.
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Ten miles from SF. Imagine that.
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Bttt
Fifty years ago I went to a great large library in a large city I lived in at that time. It was great!
Then the cities did away with vagrancy laws. I walked in on a hot day and the place was full of bums laying around sleeping in all the library chairs and couches. Then a few years later I read the library had to close due to a BEDBUG infestation. I have not been back.
Museums used to also be free. The they also became infested by the bums so the once free museums had to start charging a fee just high enough the bums would not pay it so did not enter.
Most libraries, even here in CaCaLand, steer a very neutral course. Back when Feds tried to get libraries to rat out folks who checked out books on ...... “stuff” the Feds didn’t like, the libraries told them to get stuffed. They simply destroyed the records of who checked out what.
antioch must have tried to “incluuuuuusive”. To the point of having let rabid dogs in.
Glad they went under. I hope the employees never work again.
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"In Aisle D, dear Juliet!"
Next stop, the Planned Parenthood Center.
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