Car Review Digest

Link to June 5 Mashable post, "MotorMouths is the Rotten Tomatoes of Car Reviews".

Great "consumer" link for library webpages. Most of the reviews for the Toyota Matrix, for example, mirror my generally happy, 3-year experience with this vehicle.

Not mentioned in the summary reviews: the superb comfort of the driver's seat -- particularly for someone with a recent history of back problems. (Like me.) And the car is very easy to enter and exit, unlike the Saturn I drove from 1996 to 2006. (Another important consideration as Retiring Guy finds his body isn't as "springy" as it used to be.)

New Waunakee Library Tops Capital Projects Wish List

The current facility at 710 South Street

Link to June 3 HometownNewsGroup.com post,"With library project looming,k village could exceed debt cap".

Excerpt: Barlow explained that initially, the village had considered an $8 million price tag for the new library. But that estimate was based on a library to serve the village in 2012. Barlow said the $14 million estimate would fund the land purchase and a building to serve the community through 2030, when the debt would be retired.

Fiore Plan Receives Unanimous Support

Link to June 4 Wisconsin State Journal article, "Madison Library Board approves new library plan".

Excerpt: Library Board Chairman Tripp Widder said the board also formally asked the city council to hold a special session on the plan by Madison-based Fiore Cos., including how to pay for it in a time of shrinking public budgets and a national recession.

The city budget includes $1.7 million this year for a library and officials foresee spending about $18.3 million on the library in 2010.

Options for covering the remaining $23.6 million include a fundraising campaign, more city money and borrowing.