And the mayor’s office keeps throwing their hands up and saying they cant fund the library

The late bills seemed to come out at the perfect time- budget season, and her mayoral announcement!

Thanks for the info!

Chicago is not broke, it just refuses to take even a sliver of money away from the police.

100% The library is essential for all avenues of life and we need to fund it that way !

How will librarians be able to plan programming, do outreach, and get to know regulars while bouncing around from branch to branch? Your guess is as good as mine. Call your alder and leave a message this weekend. We need all of our staff restored. Find your alder at bit.ly/callmyward

And they’re planning to defund us for the long term. To response to low staffing, they’re proposing getting rid of specializations (children, teen, adult), and streamlining “sister branches”, where library workers work at multiple branches depending on low staffing.

joeforchicago.com

One dude, Joe Holberg, already announced

Thank you ! Just to clarify, bit.ly/LetterFundCPL is a letter writing tool that goes to the mayor, alderperson, and library commissioner Chris Brown.