Branch Library Scheduled to Close on April 1 (No foolin' at this point)

DeKalb library to close April 1. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 3/17/2011)

Excerpt: Twelve-year-old Sekondi Landry has spent the past two days walking up and down Candler Road, collecting signatures to save the DeKalb County library he goes to every day.

Landry said he didn't know the Scott Candler Library was closing at the end of the month and he wants to stop it.

County commissioners said they didn't know the library was closing either, despite voting to cut $3 million from the library system’s budget this year.

Interim County Library Director Alison Weissinger said there is no option: on April 1, the library on McAfee Road will close and many of the other 22 county branches will see reductions in hours.

In light of paragraph 3, I'd say it's time for the DeKalb County Commissioners to take responsibility for their actions.

Follow-up development:   Residents working to save DeKalb library.  (Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 3/21/2011)