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Hello: <br>
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Tomorrow, July 7, California lawmakers are reportedly
scheduled to vote on AB 438, which "would tie the hands of local
government" in decisions regarding privatizing local public
libraries. Reportedly, 17 public library systems have already been
subcontracted to Library Services and Systems, Inc., which fires all
employees, hires only a minimal lowest paid staff, typically without
degrees or experience in librarianship and follows by inventing ways
to increase fees, etc. AB438 would require transparency in these
decisions. <br>
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I signed the "change.org" petition, adding, "I don't want big
business deciding which books are allowed in public libraries. Our
current economic problems would be more easily solved if the
commercial media did not place the interests of advertisers (e.g.,
major banks) above the public." We also would not be in Iraq today
if the mainstream media had held an honest discussion of how Saddam
Hussein got the weapons of mass destruction the W administration
claimed he had. <br>
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Best Wishes, <br>
Spencer <br>
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<td>Stop the privatization of California libraries</td>
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<td>Wed, 6 Jul 2011 09:39:00 -0700</td>
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<th nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE" align="RIGHT">From: </th>
<td>Jess Kutch, Change.org <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:mail@change.org"><mail@change.org></a></td>
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<td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:spencer.graves@structuremonitoring.com">spencer.graves@structuremonitoring.com</a></td>
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<p style="font-size:13px; color: #333333;
margin: 0 0 12px;">On July 7, 2011
California lawmakers will vote on whether
public libraries throughout the state will
continue to be privatized without
transparency and accountability. </p>
<p style="font-size:13px; color: #333333;
margin: 0 0 12px;">Privatization means
revenue determines what books are ordered,
what hours are kept, and who’s hired and
fired.</p>
<p style="font-size:13px; color: #333333;
margin: 0 0 12px;"><strong><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.change.org/petitions/tell-california-lawmakers-public-libraries-should-not-be-run-for-private-profit?utm_medium=email&alert_id=busmsMlUXl_CDiqmwwwsC&utm_source=action_alert%20">Act
now: Ask the California Senate to
protect California’s librarians and
keep public libraries out of the
private sector’s grasp by signing
Santa Clarita librarian and union
member Gina Quesenberry’s petition.</a></strong></p>
<p style="font-size:13px; color: #333333;
margin: 0 0 12px;">The out-of-state corporation
trying to take over California libraries
is Library Services and Systems, Inc.
(LSSI). They overhaul libraries to make a
profit at the public’s expense. </p>
<p style="font-size:13px; color: #333333;
margin: 0 0 12px;"><strong>LSSI has a
clear method:</strong> taking over a
library, firing the staff (beginning with
union members), then hiring back the least
expensive candidates. They don't even
require librarians to have a degree in
library science.</p>
<p style="font-size:13px; color: #333333;
margin: 0 0 12px;">LSSI also takes
advantage of being the <em>only </em>library
privatization company that takes over
whole systems by bidding low to take over
a library, then demanding more and more
money for services after privatizing the
system.</p>
<p style="font-size:13px; color: #333333;
margin: 0 0 12px;">If the new bill (called
AB 438) passes, local governments will
have to present information about bidders
and proof of cost-savings to citizens
before they can privatize a library.
They’ll also have to hold a <em>competitive</em> bidding
process – and guarantee librarians’ job
security.</p>
<p style="font-size:13px; color: #333333;
margin: 0 0 12px;">LSSI already operates
14 library systems -- and they're
aggressively seeking to expand. This is
the bill that can stop them. </p>
<p style="font-size:13px; color: #333333;
margin: 0 0 12px;"><strong>Click here to
sign Gina’s petition to ask State
Senators to pass AB 438 and keep
California’s public libraries focused on
public interests, not profits:</strong></p>
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<p style="font-size:13px; color: #333333;
margin: 0 0 12px;">Thanks for taking
action,</p>
<p style="font-size:13px; color: #333333;
margin: 0 0 12px;">- Jess and the
Change.org team</p>
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