IT IS A SHAME THAT THE ERIE COUNTY BUDGET HAS BEGUN TO STRIP THE VIRTUAL FOUNDATION OF THE LIBRARY SYSTEM. WE CAN NOT EVEN GET THOSE ORGANIZATIONS WHICH WERE SUPPOSEDLY FORMED TO HELP SAVE OUR LIBRARY SYSTEM TO TAKE A STAND, PUT THEIR RESOURCES TO USE, AND GET OUR LIBRARIES ANYTHING BUT RIPPED APART EVERY YEAR. FOR THOSE WHO HAVE PUT FORTH ANY $$$$$ TO THESE ORGANIZATIONS, GRAB THAT CASH AND STUFF IT UNDER YOUR PILLOW. AT LEAST YOU WILL HAVE SOMETHING TO SHOW FOR IT IN A YEAR. TO THOSE WHO HAVE PUT TIME INTO THESE ORGANIZATIONS TO SAVE OUR LIBRARIES, YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF. ERIE COUNTY IS A DISASTER. JUST ASK BASS PRO WHY THEY ARE NOT IN BUFFALO. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE GOT US INTO THIS SITUATION, YOU SHOULD GET YOUR ASSES IN A ROOM AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO FIX ALL THE SHIT YOU HAVE GOTTEN US INTO. YOU DID IT; YOU FIX IT. WE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY THE PRICE. ALL THE MONEY THAT IS TAKEN AWAY FROM THE LIBRARY SHOULD BE GIVEN BACK FROM THE SALARIES OF THOSE WHO PUT US IN THIS SITUATION. THIS WAY THE POLITICAL SYSTEM WILL BE LESS INVITING WITH SMALLER SALARIES, AND PEOPLE WILL RUN FOR OFFICE WHO REALLY WANT TO DO GOOD AND STOP ALL THE REDUNDANCY.
I AM NOT LETTING THE VOTERS OFF THE HOOK. WHO DID YOU VOTE FOR? DID YOU REALLY UNDERSTAND YOUR CANDIDATE OR DID YOU JUST PULL THE LEVER OF THE ONE WHOSE NAME STUCK OUT THE MOST IN YOUR MIND? SHAME ON YOU FOR VOTING WITHOUT TRULY KNOWING WHAT YOU WERE GETTING. DID YOU BUY A PACER OR THE EDSEL? DID YOU THINK ROB JOHNSON WAS THE BUFFALO BILLS FUTURE QUARTERBACK? WE HAVE TO START TO LOOK BEYOND WHAT THE POLITICIAN IS SAYING TO GET US TO VOTE AND REALLY BE PRO ACTIVE IN NOT LETTING THEIR CHARISMA WIN OUR VOTES. WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT THEIR GOALS WERE BEFORE GETTING THEIR PREVIOUS OFFICE AND HOW MUCH OF THAT THEY REALLY COMPLETED. OUR NEWS PEOPLE WHO ARE SUPPOSED TO GIVE US ALL THE FACTS ARE SO BIASED THAT THEY CAN'T GIVE US THE WHOLE PICTURE BECAUSE THEY EDIT IT TO FIT THE WAY THEY WANT US TO SEE THE CANDIDATE. HOW ABOUT SHOWING CLIPS OF WHAT A POLITICIAN SAID THEY WERE GOING TO ACCOMPLISH BEFORE GETTING ELECTED THE LAST TIME AND LIST ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED. KNOW WHO IS REALLY BACKING YOUR CANDIDATE CAUSE THAT IS WHO WILL BE RUNNING OUR GOVERNMENT UNTIL THE NEXT ELECTION. YOU ARE FREE, YOU ARE STRONG, YOU ARE AMERICANS. YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE INFORMED AND YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO PUSH THIS COUNTRY TO GROW AND PROSPER, NOT WILT AND DIE.
THIS IS MY GRIPE!!!! IF IT IS YOUR GRIPE AS WELL PLEASE FOLLOW UP BY E-MAILING YOUR COMPLAINTS TO THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE WHO HAVE AN IMPACT ON WHAT HAPPENS TO OUR LIBRARIES IN THE FUTURE AND THE FUTURE IS NOW!!!!
COUNTY EXECUTIVE:
CHRIS COLLINS
95 FRANKLIN STREET 16TH FLOOR
BUFFALO, NY 14202
PHONE: 716-858-8500
FAX: 716-858-8411
KEVIN HARDWICK
952 FRANKLIN STREET 4TH FLOOR
BUFFALO, NEW YORK 14202
PHONE: 716-873-3438
FAX: 716-858-8818
E-MAIL: KEVIN.HARDWICK@ERIE.GOV
LYNN M MARINELLI
1701 HERTEL AVENUE
BUFFALO, NEW YORK 14216
PHONE: 716-832-0493
FAX: 716-832-0494
E-MAIL: LYNN.MARINELLI@ERIE.GOV
THOMAS A LOUGHRAN
7 BERNHARDT DRIVE
AMHERST, NEW YORK 14226
PHONE: 716-836-0198
FAX: 716-836-0199
E-MAIL: THOMAS.LOUGHRAN@ERIE.GOV
STANTON HUDSON
1 LAYFAYETTE SQUARE
BUFFALO, NEW YORK 14202
PHONE: 716-858-7750B&ECPL OPERATING BUDGET 2011
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