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To: BWAC who wrote (241379)	3/18/2010 10:36:06 AM
From: Skeeter Bug	Respond to of 306849

"Recovery" = looting operation distraction. if they looted and took cash up front, we'd react like iceland and tell them to pound sand. so they loot first and will collect later. everyone sits on their sums. organize and rebel, people! swarmusa.com is the easiest option i've seen. if you know better, have at it - but do something, the rebellion has to begin soon or the shackles will come on and usher in the new dark ages.

To: BWAC who wrote (241379)	3/18/2010 10:42:40 AM
From: coug	Respond to of 306849

We barely avoided that yesterday.. Thanks to some benevolent landlords.. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< No Washoe County, Nevada libraries to be closed By Susan Voyles • svoyles@rgj.com • March 17, 2010 concessions enabled Washoe County library trustees tonight to keep open the Sierra View and North Valley branches. But all 11 libraries will have reduced hours, and possibly be closed some days, starting July 1. Branch closures were avoided after owners of the North Hills and Reno Town Mall shopping centers made concessions. Reno Town Mall owners agreed not to charge rent for Sierra View and to pay utilities. North Hills owners will charge $53,000, a two-thirds reduction, in 2010-11. Both made similar reductions for 2009-10 and are willing to talk about concessions for a third year, Library Director Arnold Maurins said. With free or reduced rent, the library system can cut $478,000 from its budget, as ordered by county commissioners. After the vote, Downtown Reno Library manager Scottie Wallace was near tears, saying fewer libraries would provide better service. Maurins recommended closing the two library branches and using his staff to improve service at the other libraries and withdrew a proposal to close the Duncan/Traner library. Before the concessions, the library board was faced with a choice of closing Sierra View, the county’s busiest, or the downtown library, its second busiest, as well as the North Valleys branch. In the last three years of budget cuts, the library system has lost 72 full- and part-time employees, with two others resigning. The library has 160 full- and part-time employees. Many of the 100 or so people who packed the auditorium at Reno Central Library spoke in favor of keeping all the libraries open for the 200,000 card holders. Resident Gregory Rogers spoke in favor of keeping the downtown library open to serve the homeless. “I’d like to give the homeless a voice,” he said, saying he was among them after he lost his business. But with the research available at the library and nearby pay phones, “this library was able to get me back on my feet again.” Martha Gould, retired county library director, said closing Sierra View would hurt a lot of school children in low-income areas, making it difficult for them to access information or computers. rgj.com