  Found this interesting little tidbit about how authors and publishers are blaming libraries for urlLink a slump in book sales . Hmm... In a related note, I got a library card this weekend. Stopped off at the Nieves Flores library in Hag�t�a. I let my last one expire a few years ago. Why? Because the library sucks. Seriously. I should have taken some pictures. The new acquisitions section was about 12 books, all of them automobile manuals. The periodicals are all about 3 to 4 years old, there's no money for subscriptions. The air conditioning is busted so the library has this funky, musty odor; and the computers don't work.
The place is wreck. But then I am not surprised. Our elected officials are more interested in fattening their own pockets than creating a stable, thriving community. One look at the plummeting test scores, crumbling infrastructure and reduced services should reveal that. urlLink Sunday's opinion page of the PDN lays out what is wrong and how to fix it. 
