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re: BR Metro councilman shocked many people still go to the library
Posted on 1/28/16 at 12:00 pm to dagrippa
Posted on 1/28/16 at 12:00 pm to dagrippa
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Pick two things that BR actually does quite well and you will have some moron bitching about it.
No government should be providing this much golf and providing water parks period. This is not what government was ever intended to do.
Stating we spend too much on these doesn't make anyone a moron. People should provide their own entertainment.
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Posted on 1/28/16 at 12:04 pm to Fewer Kilometers
without public libraries there would be no dukkev posting
Posted on 1/28/16 at 12:08 pm to lsu13lsu
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Stating we spend too much on these doesn't make anyone a moron. People should provide their own entertainment.
I guess I'm the moron. I apologize. Sell off every park and develop it. I've always wondered what was the point of Central Park in NYC. Or the grand canyon Valuable real estate.
Libraries, Museums, parks. All pointless wastes of taxpayer dollars.
Edit: Just kidding. I understand your point but strongly disagree that EBR is spending too much.
This post was edited on 1/28/16 at 12:12 pm
Posted on 1/28/16 at 12:11 pm to Fewer Kilometers
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Because you'd end up with nice little libraries in upper-middle-class neighborhoods and zero libraries in lower-middle-class and poorer neighborhoods.
And? What is your point? Why do you think I care one iota about that?
Posted on 1/28/16 at 12:13 pm to Fewer Kilometers
I like libraries, but that's still way more traffic than I would have guessed.
Posted on 1/28/16 at 12:15 pm to TigerattheU
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I like libraries, but that's still way more traffic than I would have guessed.
Would be double that if the new courthouse across the street didn't have a nice (relatively) waiting area.
Posted on 1/28/16 at 12:16 pm to The Pirate King
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Unfortunately the little shitheads that are dropped off by their parents run around throwing stuff off of the shelf and/or messing stuff up, so that takes up a lot of time
As a former student library worker that likely spent over 1000 hours of her job "reading" shelves to make sure all the books in the entire library were in proper order....I frickING HATED THOSE LITTLE SHITS
Posted on 1/28/16 at 12:16 pm to LeonPhelps
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Because you'd end up with nice little libraries in upper-middle-class neighborhoods and zero libraries in lower-middle-class and poorer neighborhoods.
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And? What is your point? Why do you think I care one iota about that?
Now we know.
Build a bigger fence around your house. You'll need it.
Posted on 1/28/16 at 12:21 pm to Fewer Kilometers
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Build a bigger fence around your house. You'll need it.
I'd love to have castle walls and a moat around my house, but I don't understand the meaning behind your response.
Posted on 1/28/16 at 12:23 pm to Fewer Kilometers
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You either buy a ton of books for yourself and your family or you don't read.
reading is for losers. j/k. but no i don't read books as an adult, that's what the internet is for, but my wife does all the time, and i read to my kids every night, and i will push them to read as they grow up.
But i don't need a library to do any of this.
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I buy books but I also checkout books from the library.
you're welcome. glad to see my tax money can help you read some books for free.
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I also belong to two organizations that meet at local libraries each month.
you're welcome. glad to see my tax money can help your organizations have a free meeting place.
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I've also taught workshops at the local libraries and participated in events that they've had to get kids interested in getting more excited about education than just going to school.
great. i play outside with my kids and other neighborhood kids, and it doesn't cost the taxpayers anything for me to do that.
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If you think that reading for kids should be restricted to their school hours then you're messed up.
that's not what i said. Kids can check books out from their school library. They can buy books themselves and read them at home if they want to. They don't need a public library to read outside of school. They already have libraries they can check books out from and bring home.
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Again, just because you have no use for a library doesn't mean that the rest of the community can't find value in it.
I've explained to you why kids don't need them, mainly b/c they already have them at school.
Why an adult needs one, you've yet to explain to me, other than nostalgia, which i don't understand why taxpayers have to foot the bill for?
This post was edited on 1/28/16 at 12:25 pm
Posted on 1/28/16 at 12:26 pm to LeonPhelps
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I'd love to have castle walls and a moat around my house, but I don't understand the meaning behind your response.
Go to a paywall for public services and what we have now will turn from lower-middle-class and poor to the ghettos of Calcutta. Not something you want within walking distance to your home.
Posted on 1/28/16 at 12:28 pm to Fewer Kilometers
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Go to a paywall for public services and what we have now will turn from lower-middle-class and poor to the ghettos of Calcutta. Not something you want within walking distance to your home.
You honestly think libraries are saving poor areas from becoming worse? You are freaking delusional.
Posted on 1/28/16 at 12:33 pm to Hog on the Hill
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Liibraries are awesome. Free movies, free music, free books. They
Spoken like a true liberal. Sure, it's free. Where do you think all that "free" comes from? Certainly not the average Democrat voter.
Posted on 1/28/16 at 12:35 pm to LeonPhelps
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You honestly think libraries are saving poor areas from becoming worse? You are freaking delusional.
Of course they do. They're a part of public education. They fill the gaps for students and adults who are no longer in school.
When you go to an à la carte public service system you insure that the shittier parts of your community will just get shittier.
Posted on 1/28/16 at 12:36 pm to ClientNumber9
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Where do you think all that "free" comes from? Certainly not the average Democrat voter.
If Democrats don't have to pay taxes, then I'm switching parties.
I wish I'd known about this years ago.
Posted on 1/28/16 at 12:36 pm to Fewer Kilometers
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When you go to an à la carte public service system you insure that the shittier parts of your community will just get shittier
Again, that means nothing to me. Charities will help fill the void in any case.
Posted on 1/28/16 at 12:36 pm to kingbob
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rediculus
You need to go to the library and read.
Posted on 1/28/16 at 12:37 pm to Fewer Kilometers
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If Democrats don't have to pay taxes, then I'm switching parties.
Based on this thread, I have trouble believing you are not already a card-carrying democrat.
Posted on 1/28/16 at 12:41 pm to Fewer Kilometers
I live by the one on bluebonnet and I'm routinely shocked at how many cars are there.
Posted on 1/28/16 at 12:45 pm to Fewer Kilometers
I don't even know where City Hall is, Juan.
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