The Community Library and Its Little Engine That Could

Link to October 30 MyKenosha.com article, "Municipal pow-wow about library set for Nov 5".

Excerpt: Community Library Board President Ken Mangold (Ran-dall) attended the last Twin Lakes board meeting and along with Doug Baker, head of the Kenosha County Library System, averted an immediate dissolution of the Community Library.

The library was created with an intergovernmental agreement in the 1980s and recently the five member municipalities have taken action to update the agreement and provide more oversight than occurred in the past.

The five members are the town of Randall and Salem and the villages of Silver Lake, Paddock Lake and Twin Lakes. One complaint that both Twin Lakes and Randall had was that the lion's share of the money collected from all five municipalities found its way into the Salem building and they felt left out in the cold.

Twin Lakes and Randall joined forces and became the little engine that could and changed in the make-up of the board and Community Library leadership changed.

Community Library in the news:
Stakeholders agree to postpone to disagree.  (10/22/2010)
DWD Equal Rights Division:  No discrimination on Community Library case.  (10/18/2010)
Need for more space at Twin Lakes/Randall Branch of Community Library.  (8/23/2010)
More disagreements at Community Library.  (5/25/2010)
Maggie Rivals Dewey for Attention.  (5/24/2010)
Board Member Raises Objections to Library Cat.  (5/9/2010)
New Director Hired.  (4/20/2010)
A Library Board Appointment Not According to Hoyle.  (4/13/2010)
Former Library Director Sues for Wages after Firing.  (3/16/2010)
Position Announcement:  Library Executive Director, Community Library, Salem, Wisconsin.  (2/5/2010)
Former Director of Community Library: From Demotion to Dismissal. (1/29/2010)
 Community Library Board Member Wields Machete to Address $1,000 Deficit. (12/06/2009)
New Community Library Representative to Wilmot School Board. (11/11/2009)
Demoted director to fight for job. (10/30/2009)
Library Board confirms interim director. (10/27/2009)
Community Library Soap Opera Continues. (10/23/2009)
Community Library Update: "What we have here is...failure to communicate. (10/09/2009)
Community Library Board of Trustees: Riding Roughshod? (10/01/2009)
Library Board's "Positive Direction" Takes an Immediate Detour. (9/30/2009)
West county library group under fire. (1/29/2009)