Escondido Indivisible

From 2016 JCLS Performance Review and Quality Assessment: In July 2016, the Board of the Jackson County Library District issued a Request for Proposals seeking a consultant to conduct an organizational review and an audit of the workload and performance of the Jackson County Library System. The purpose of the review was to determine how the services delivered by the District and its contractor, Library Systems & Services, LLC, measure up under the Standards for Oregon Public Libraries (OLA Standards),…

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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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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