The governor released the library funds today. We kept our promise to protect these services and I am grateful for the pressure everyone put on his office.
April 29, 2015
Final supporters
Sign our petition and show Gov. Jay Nixon and Missouri legislators that you support state funding of Missouri’s public libraries, and the important services those funds support.
This year Missouri’s governor is withholding money that was budgeted for public libraries. The approved budget allocated $3.5 million in state aid for public libraries, $3.1 for REAL (Remote Electronic Access for Libraries) and $900,000 from A&E (Arts & Entertainment) funds. $100,000 was vetoed from A&E funds. Of the funds withheld from state aid and REAL, the governor has released $723,776 in state aid for public libraries serving populations of less than 40,000, and $0 for the REAL program.
We appreciate the governor’s support of libraries in the past, but the state’s fiscal year is more than half over and if that money is not released by June 30, 2015, patrons will see fewer books, computers and Internet connections.
What can you do to help? If you would like to urge the governor to release funds needed by public libraries, please consider taking any of these actions: Sign our petition in support, consider writing to Office of Gov. Jay Nixon, P. O. Box 720, Jefferson City, MO 65102, call the governor’s office at 573-751-3222 or go to the website www.governor.mo.gov, click “get involved” and fill out the contact form.
Thank you for helping let the governor know that these funds are
important to the library users in Missouri.
Updates
Reached 1,000 supporters
March 20, 2015
Reached 100 supporters
March 12, 2015
March 10, 2015
We are approaching one hundred signatures. Keep the momentum moving so the Governor sees how many Missourians value our libraries.
1,638 Comments
As a homeschooling family in the state of Missouri, we depend on the library for so many things. Every community does. Today with the gap between the haves and the have-nots ever widening, we must support community beneficial programs like the library.
A library is the foundation of democracy, as it gives information access to all, no matter their socio-economic or education standing. To keep an informed populace, and high standard of governance, please fully support state funding of public libraries.
Thank you for going to Jefferson City. We've been working on this issue since June and I really thought that you all would be able to break through to the Governor. I'm sorry for how you were treated, but thank you for lending your voice to the struggle.
Funding for education is one of the governor's strongest rallying points. Public libraries provide invaluable access to information and education on all levels for all ages. Leaving Missouri's public libraries unfunded is directly against that platform.
Missouri's public libraries are the great equalizer, making information resources available to all Missouri citizens, regardless of socioeconomic status, race or religion. Please keep funding public libraries to ensure every citizen has a chance to succeed.
Please stop withholding funds for necessary public resources.
The love of books tames the warrior's soul.
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The governor released the library funds today. We kept our promise to protect these services and I am grateful for the pressure everyone put on his office.
April 29, 2015
Final supporters
Sign our petition and show Gov. Jay Nixon and Missouri legislators that you support state funding of Missouri’s public libraries, and the important services those funds support.
This year Missouri’s governor is withholding money that was budgeted for public libraries. The approved budget allocated $3.5 million in state aid for public libraries, $3.1 for REAL (Remote Electronic Access for Libraries) and $900,000 from A&E (Arts & Entertainment) funds. $100,000 was vetoed from A&E funds. Of the funds withheld from state aid and REAL, the governor has released $723,776 in state aid for public libraries serving populations of less than 40,000, and $0 for the REAL program.
We appreciate the governor’s support of libraries in the past, but the state’s fiscal year is more than half over and if that money is not released by June 30, 2015, patrons will see fewer books, computers and Internet connections.
What can you do to help? If you would like to urge the governor to release funds needed by public libraries, please consider taking any of these actions: Sign our petition in support, consider writing to Office of Gov. Jay Nixon, P. O. Box 720, Jefferson City, MO 65102, call the governor’s office at 573-751-3222 or go to the website www.governor.mo.gov, click “get involved” and fill out the contact form.
Thank you for helping let the governor know that these funds are
important to the library users in Missouri.
Updates
Reached 1,000 supporters
March 20, 2015
Reached 100 supporters
March 12, 2015
March 10, 2015
We are approaching one hundred signatures. Keep the momentum moving so the Governor sees how many Missourians value our libraries.
1,638 Comments
Our libraries provide so many services and resources. Growing up here I took our libraries for granted until I moved to other states and countries and realized their libraries couldn't even compare to what we had. It would be a terrible loss to our state.
As a homeschooling family in the state of Missouri, we depend on the library for so many things. Every community does. Today with the gap between the haves and the have-nots ever widening, we must support community beneficial programs like the library.
A library is the foundation of democracy, as it gives information access to all, no matter their socio-economic or education standing. To keep an informed populace, and high standard of governance, please fully support state funding of public libraries.
Thank you for going to Jefferson City. We've been working on this issue since June and I really thought that you all would be able to break through to the Governor. I'm sorry for how you were treated, but thank you for lending your voice to the struggle.
Funding for education is one of the governor's strongest rallying points. Public libraries provide invaluable access to information and education on all levels for all ages. Leaving Missouri's public libraries unfunded is directly against that platform.
Missouri's public libraries are the great equalizer, making information resources available to all Missouri citizens, regardless of socioeconomic status, race or religion. Please keep funding public libraries to ensure every citizen has a chance to succeed.
Please stop withholding funds for necessary public resources.
The love of books tames the warrior's soul.
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Our libraries provide so many services and resources. Growing up here I took our libraries for granted until I moved to other states and countries and realized their libraries couldn't even compare to what we had. It would be a terrible loss to our state.