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Mamma 
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Posted on: Mar. 20 2004,8:17 am |
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I think I want to be a librarian. I can walk softly, know how to go "shhhhh" and I am good at cluttering up places. If I get any where near what she gets for pay, I will be happy. By the way.....the new library is still listed in the union news as in the "planning stages". You know....I can't think of one person who has been hurt by not having a big library. In fact, I haven't been to the library since the internet came about. If I want to read a paper, I subscribe. If I want to read a book I buy it. If I want to research something , I use the internet.Are there really crowds in that library?
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Spidey
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Posted on: Mar. 20 2004,10:50 am |
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I agree with you Mamma ... I don't see the mobs swarming at the doors of the library. In the past I have visited the library a lot because I am a "bookworm" so to speak mainly for reference material. However, since the internet I don't go in there as often ... maybe once every six months.
When I did go in there more often never once were there over five people in there at a time. Many times I was the only one in there. The library as it is now is just FINE!! The view of the lake is very nice ... the parking is great ... the size of the library is more then adequate if they would just clean house a bit ... I've thought that from day one. I wonder if they would let me go in there and show them how it's done ... I would be more then willing to do that for free if I had a little help.
The librarian they have in there now seems to have a power struggle going on with her self and all of Albert Lea. She’s “demanding” a “new” library … with comments such as, no sense in writing grants if I don’t get a new library < not a quote. This alone should be an outrage from all of Albert Lea’s citizens, the board, and City and County heads. That is her job … and if she’s going to use her abilities as a weapon she should have her butt canned. Perhaps she would like life better if she was flipping burgers or working on a line somewhere? For what she’s getting paid she shouldn’t be complaining about anything.
The question in my mind now is … what can we do about this before it really gets out of hand? 
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Hanna
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Posted on: Mar. 20 2004,11:20 am |
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I agree with you Spidy. And I think if Ms. Barkema worked in the private sector, she most likely wouldn't consider telling her boss to spend millions on a new building.
Why is it when certain people work for government, they feel they have more power over the people who pay them?
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minnow
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Posted on: Mar. 20 2004,12:04 pm |
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Because her former boss, hirer and mentor, Paul Sparks, taught her that's how you get what you want in this town.
Who paid for Pauls "Ego billboards"? And that's what they are because he's not retiring, he's moving to another position. What other motive could there be? Those Paul Sparks Billboards were designed to stroke Mr. Sparks ego and nothing more. Hey! I'm already paying this guy 100K a year for which I know I'll recieve no tangible return and now I have to pay to stroke his ego too? He's not even retiring for crying out loud!
This is just another example proving to the world that we are getting exactly what we deserve by choosing the leaders that we have. No growth and fast rising tax bills.
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rosebudinal
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Posted on: Mar. 20 2004,11:52 pm |
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Mama you're home where have you been? I missed your posts!!!!
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MADDOG
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Posted on: Mar. 30 2004,12:55 pm |
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Looks like we're not alone on the library issues. From the March 11, 2003 Globe Gazette. | Quote | Public library move met with criticism
[quote]By MARY PIEPER, Of The Globe Gazette
BUFFALO CENTER — The Buffalo Center City Council has taken several steps toward moving the public library out of its home.
Not everyone is happy with how it is being done.
The council passed a resolution 3-1 Tuesday to purchase a building on Main Street from Marvin and Beverly Heyes that formerly housed the Marv’s TV and Appliance store. The city plans to move the library there until a new one can be built on the lot next to it.
Councilmen Charles Silber, Tim Heitland and Marty Schaefer voted for the resolution. Councilman Troy Armstrong voted against it.
“I was not in favor of putting the library on Main Street to begin with,” Armstrong said. He thinks getting another business to move in would be a better use for the Heyes building.
A petition against using taxpayer dollars to purchase the Heyes building was presented to the council on Feb. 10. The petition was signed by more than 100 people.
“We prefer that the funds go toward a new building for the library,” said former Councilwoman Marsha Peterson, who organized the petition. “We want a new library, but we do not want it on Main Street in a retail business building.”
Silber said the resolution allows the city to put the library in a one-story building to provide the handicapped accessibility the current library lacks.
The city is paying approximately $37,000 for the Heyes building, according to Armstrong. The cost to build a new library is estimated at $200,000 to $250,000.
Buffalo Center Mayor Reinert Levik said library officials want to move out of the current building, which was constructed in the early 1900s, because it is too small, crowded, and has a leaky roof. Sound familiar?
Purchasing the Heyes building allows the library to move into a better building at a reasonable cost, according to Levik. He said the remodeling costs will be minimal.
At a January meeting of the council, the first one after Peterson left office, the new council approved a motion to purchase the Heyes building.
Underhanded dealing all over everywhere
The council had to vote on the purchase again Tuesday in the form of a resolution rather than a motion. Rick Hanson, acting city attorney, told the council the motion wasn’t enough to satisfy the legal requirements.
The city’s original goal was to break ground on a new library in the spring of 2005. However, Levik said he now believes it will take a little longer than that to raise the funds needed. |
There are a lot of pi$$ed off people down there. One person, who is friends with the mayor, ain't very happy with him now.
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Actually my wife is especially happy when my google check arrives each month. Thanks to douchbags like you, I get paid just for getting you worked up. -Liberal
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