Link to November 6 Tacoma News Tribune article, "Tacoma board weighs closing library branches".
Excerpt: Beginning next year, Tacoma Public Library patrons likely can expect fewer hours of operation at the city’s main library downtown and could face service cuts even more dire: losing their neighborhood library branch.
Facing a coming budget more than $1.8 million smaller [to $24,700,000] than the current one, the library’s five-member board of trustees is now considering several cost-cutting options, including scenarios that would close one or two branches.
“I would like (city council members) to know that the branch library in their district may very well be on the chopping block,” trustee Lillian Hunter said during the board’s meeting Wednesday. “… Let’s not sugarcoat it.”
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