~Bill Moyers
Missouri public libraries are $6 million short this year as Governor Nixon continues to withhold funds from the 2015 budget. The withholds include funding for internet services and will negatively impact the ability of libraries throughout the state to access federal technology grants.
Locally, Missouri River Regional Library has not received over $53,000. Continued shortfalls will have a cumulative effect, reducing the range of services provided and limiting the ability of the library in Missouri's capital city to continue facility and technology upgrades.
As a library supporter, we ask you to sign this petition urging Governor Nixon to release 2015 library funds and to fully fund Missouri's public libraries in the coming budget year.
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March 17, 2015
I have spent my week reading through the stories you shared about how these libraries saved your education and provided a lifeline when you had nowhere else to go. These experiences confirm exactly why we cannot let this funding shortfall continue to erode our communities. I am currently compiling your local accounts to present directly to the governor so he understands the human cost of these budget cuts.
March 17, 2015
Seeing this momentum grow reminds me of how vital the Missouri River Regional Library is to our daily lives. Watching so many people rally for these funds proves that our community refuses to let our access to information be silenced.
32 Comments
We need our libraries! Libraries are more than just books! We offer so many different and various services to our community. We are an important member of the community. Six million dollars is a tremendous amount of money to withold from the members of this community who depend upon their local library practically every day!!!
Please release funds for all Missouri public libraries! Having libraries are very important tools for our children.
Libraries today are more than just books (although books are awesome and everyone deserves access to them) --- libraries need funding now more than ever as they become cultural centers of their communities in creative new ways.
Public libraries are essential to the population, especially during economic hard times. Please release the funds!
As an elementary school librarian, I have already seen what cuts have done to limit my ability to provide good resources to my students and teachers. I rely on my local library to fill in what I cannot afford to buy for my school library. If you cut public library funding, it will be devastating to my ability to find what my teachers need. Please reconsider the cuts and save our libraries.
Libraries provide on-going education and entertainment for a cross section of people in any community they serve. A shortfall of $6M to organizations that exist on very minimal tax income really hurts these institutions. It is a huge thing for Missouri's public libraries and not a large amount for the state budget. Governor Nixon you are causing significant harm without significant benefit to the finances of the State of Missouri. Rescind this decision.
Libraries provide on-going education and entertainment for a cross section of people in any community they serve. A shortfall of $6M to organizations that exist on very minimal tax income really hurts these institutions. It is a huge thing for Missouri's public libraries and not a large amount for the state budget. Governor Nixon you are causing significant harm without significant benefit to the finances of the State of Missouri. Rescind this decision.
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~Bill Moyers
Missouri public libraries are $6 million short this year as Governor Nixon continues to withhold funds from the 2015 budget. The withholds include funding for internet services and will negatively impact the ability of libraries throughout the state to access federal technology grants.
Locally, Missouri River Regional Library has not received over $53,000. Continued shortfalls will have a cumulative effect, reducing the range of services provided and limiting the ability of the library in Missouri's capital city to continue facility and technology upgrades.
As a library supporter, we ask you to sign this petition urging Governor Nixon to release 2015 library funds and to fully fund Missouri's public libraries in the coming budget year.
Updates
March 17, 2015
I have spent my week reading through the stories you shared about how these libraries saved your education and provided a lifeline when you had nowhere else to go. These experiences confirm exactly why we cannot let this funding shortfall continue to erode our communities. I am currently compiling your local accounts to present directly to the governor so he understands the human cost of these budget cuts.
March 17, 2015
Seeing this momentum grow reminds me of how vital the Missouri River Regional Library is to our daily lives. Watching so many people rally for these funds proves that our community refuses to let our access to information be silenced.
32 Comments
In lean times, libraries are especially important. A community without a library is a bereft community.
We need our libraries! Libraries are more than just books! We offer so many different and various services to our community. We are an important member of the community. Six million dollars is a tremendous amount of money to withold from the members of this community who depend upon their local library practically every day!!!
Please release funds for all Missouri public libraries! Having libraries are very important tools for our children.
Libraries today are more than just books (although books are awesome and everyone deserves access to them) --- libraries need funding now more than ever as they become cultural centers of their communities in creative new ways.
Public libraries are essential to the population, especially during economic hard times. Please release the funds!
As an elementary school librarian, I have already seen what cuts have done to limit my ability to provide good resources to my students and teachers. I rely on my local library to fill in what I cannot afford to buy for my school library. If you cut public library funding, it will be devastating to my ability to find what my teachers need. Please reconsider the cuts and save our libraries.
Libraries provide on-going education and entertainment for a cross section of people in any community they serve. A shortfall of $6M to organizations that exist on very minimal tax income really hurts these institutions. It is a huge thing for Missouri's public libraries and not a large amount for the state budget. Governor Nixon you are causing significant harm without significant benefit to the finances of the State of Missouri. Rescind this decision.
Libraries provide on-going education and entertainment for a cross section of people in any community they serve. A shortfall of $6M to organizations that exist on very minimal tax income really hurts these institutions. It is a huge thing for Missouri's public libraries and not a large amount for the state budget. Governor Nixon you are causing significant harm without significant benefit to the finances of the State of Missouri. Rescind this decision.
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