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Escondido Council Ignores Community, Library Advisors, Experts—Votes 3-2 to Outsource Library

Escondido Council Ignores Community, Library Advisors, Experts—Votes 3-2 to Outsource Library

Escondido Council Ignores Community, Library Advisors, Experts—Votes 3-2 to Outsource Library Abed, Gallo, and Masson squander opportunity to build support for new library Escondido, CA:   In a shocking display of community and political deafness, Escondido Mayor Sam Abed, and Councilmen John Masson, and Ed Gallo ignored overwhelming community opposition and voted for an ill-defined marketing sales pitch by the corporate interest, Library Systems and Services (LS&S) to take over our library services. Speaker after speaker, around 90 in all, spoke…

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Save Our Library News Roundup: Media coverage of library issue

Save Our Library News Roundup: Media coverage of library issue

Here is some the breaking news about the effort to Privatize the Library.  Please weigh in with our elected officials and news outlets and share your position! Coast News Inland       Send your letter to editor@coastnewsgroup.com  San Diego Free Press  Logan Jenkins SDUT   letters@sduniontribune.com  Times Advocate  use Contact Form SD Union Tribune   letters@sduniontribune.com  San Diego Free Press   You can post your thoughts here    

Call to Action: Stop Escondido Library Privatization

Call to Action: Stop Escondido Library Privatization

Over 100 residents packed into the Escondido Library Trustee meeting to oppose the privatization of the library services! Dozens of residents testified against the idea of handing over our library services and programs to a corporate interest.  Not one speaker was in support of the misguided idea of Mayor Sam Abed and three other Escondido City councilmen. Councilmember Olga Diaz was brilliant in her defense of the library and is the only reason we even knew about the meeting and the secret plan. The…

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