New Library

The new downtown library is opening up next week. Of course there is a lot of hoopla in the papers and a big to do surrounding its opening, but I am troubled. I wasn't here years ago when they made the decision to build it. It is a beautiful building blah blah blah. My issue... it cost over 100 million dollars to build. One hundred million dollars! Yet one week a quarter they close all the libraries because of the budget and all those employees spend a week off, without pay. I find THAT disturbing.