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Signatures | Total: 410

 

# NameComments
1 Marc Stier
2 David Schogel
3 Walter Tsou
4 Anonymous
5 Kim JordanPlease reconsider before making this drastic move. Our city needs these libraries to stay open!
6 Margaret Motheralgo books
7 Eileen McIlhinneyThe Libraries in Philadelphia are a vital component of our public education system. They are indispensable.
8 Adam ZionAt a time when we need more educated Philadelphians, the worst possible thing to do would be to close public libraries.
9 Joan SageMayor Nutter, How about going after the Eagles money they owe that would cover all the libraries, rec. ctrs.,etc. And what about the delinquent taxpayers? Why punish our children and community when the money is available? And do we really need a new stadium at this juncture?
10 Jean Lee
11 Janet CribbinsWe need MORE money put in to the Philadelphia libraries not less!
12 Merrily Williams
13 Alan J Silberman
14 Debi EnglishA city with a healthy library system is a city that will have cultured and educated citizens! Stop thinking short-sightedly and remember that the children who have no access to a library are going to be the future of this city. Do we want that?
15 Lee Garnerso, this seems like a no-brainer!
16 Francine Fregghi
17 Barry George
18 Barbara CookeI have a paper petition to hand in
19 John Oliver Mason
20 Cherron Perry-Thomas
21 Novella Keith
22 susan goss
23 Hal & Sue Rosenthal
24 ML Polak
25 Ruth Harvey, PhD
26 Stelle Sheller
27 Joanna Vaughan
28 Lila Bricklin
29 Stephen J. Rickards
30 Pamela Haines
31 Helen Evelev
32 Evalyn Segal
33 Anonymous
34 Rosalind Spigel
35 Bruce Pearson
36 Mona Cardell
37 Erin McDougall
38 lari roblingDuring high unemployment people NEED libraries to do job searches and work on resumes. Parents need the programs for children and for the underclass this is the only way to have internet access. Closing public libraries is a breech of public trust and the complete opposite of what Mayor Nutter campaigned on.
39 Marlena Santoyoas a retured public school teacher, I say: Our children need every one of our libraries.
40 Kathleen Quinn
41 marge van cleef
42 Jorge Arauz
43 karen Mauch
44 diane zilkaHead start, libraries -- we want to uplift people and encourage personal improvement by closing libraries? How twisted are your priorities with OUR tax dollars.
45 geraldne schneebergWhen I was growing up, I regularly walked from 47th and Osage to the library at 40th and Walnut - a distance of approximately one mile. No child, or adult, should be forced to walk twice that far by the proposed closing of branch libraries
46 Victoria L. Johnson, Ph.D.ESPECIALLY because of the digital divide (the already existing disparity between public access to the internet) this notion that libraries are "expendable/optional" is ludicrous. I sincerely applaude and support ALL efforts to keep ALL Philadelphia public libraries open.
47 Morgan Riffer
48 Mary DanielsClosing the libraries is a disastrously short-sighted poiicy that would have serious long range consequences for children and their learning.
49 Anne LaBrumSome things are worth a bit of debt.
50 Lois S. Durso

 

Signatures | Total: 410