By: Diane Benjamin The Bloomington Public Library Trustees have voted to spend up to $85,000 with Farnsworth Group for an expansion study! Meanwhile, in City Manger David Hales’ July report, patrons of the library and items checked out plummeted compared to last year: http://www.cityblm.org/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=9060 Page 54. Georgia, I will do the study for $25,000. I […]
by: Diane Benjamin I can’t answer that question! I continue to hear stories of obnoxious patrons at the Bloomington Library. Staff and security personnel are evidently not enforcing the rules. The library should be a tranquil place for patrons, not a place to dodge troublemakers. On March 19, 2013, the Library Board approved these rules: […]
by: Diane Benjamin The Bloomington Library has operated for many years without much City supervision. They are the only board that can raise taxes without the approval of the Council. Until recently, they also wanted an east-side branch. That was before Tari Renner became Mayor. Renner replaced many people on all the City Boards and […]
