If you enjoy your summer reading as much as we do here at the Columbus Metropolitan Library, then please help us out! Governor Strickland is set to launch his proposal to fill Ohio’s $3.2 billion dollar shortfall in the state budget. Among many reductions, he has recommended the elimination of $200+ million from the Public Library Fund over the next two years. His proposal will have a drastic impact on all 251 public libraries in Ohio and on CML in particular. In basic terms, this will reduce CML's state funding by 50%. We cannot absorb this additional cut without serious repercussions to our organization. In fact, it unavoidably means we may have to close branches and/or significantly reduce hours of operation.
Help CML keep its libraries open and help us continue to offer the many services we provide to the community. You can take action today! We have only days to make an impact, but we can do it! Here are some steps you can take to help:
- Send an email today to your legislator.
- Ask everyone you know to send an email to the addresses below. Since we anticipate that legislator electronic mailboxes may be full, try to also send a letter today or tomorrow.
- Keep yourself educated about developments. Read the newspaper and watch news on TV. Follow statewide updates from the Ohio Library Council.
Most importantly, make sure you support your local library and the services it offers. To quickly contact your legislators and senators all at once, go HERE.
Ohio House of Representatives:
- Marian Harris, District 19 -- district19@ohr.state.oh.us
- Nancy Garland, District 20 -- district20@ohr.state.oh.us
- Kevin Bacon, District 21 -- district21@ohr.state.oh.us
- John Patrick Carney, District 22 -- district22@ohr.state.oh.us
- Cheryl Grossman, District 23 -- district23@ohr.state.oh.us
- Ted Celeste, District 24 -- district24@ohr.state.oh.us
- Dan Stewart, District 25 -- district25@ohr.state.oh.us
- Tracey Maxwell Heard, District 26 -- district26@ohr.state.oh.us
- W. Carlton Weddington, District 27 -- district27@ohr.state.oh.us
Ohio Senators:
- David Goodman, 3rd District -- SD03@senate.state.oh.us
- Ray Miller, 15th District -- rmiller@maild.sen.state.oh.us
- Jim Hughes, 16th District -- SD16@senate.state.oh.us
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