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Apr
27
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by Marlaine Darfler
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Friday, 27 April 2007 |
 On May 15 the Lansing Community Library Center (LCLC) will go before the residents of the Lansing School District with a proposition to permanently establish LCLC as a independent school district library as defined by New York State Education Law. The library would remain autonomous and financially independent from the Lansing Schools, controlled by the voters of the Lansing School District, sharing the same geographical funding source. A nine person Board of Trustees, also to be voted upon, will be authorized to collect $108,310 annually in support of the library for books, materials, operation and utility costs and the hiring of a Library Director. A property owner in the Lansing School District with a home assessed at $150,000 would be funding the library at $25.50 a year, the cost of a good book. This money is separate from the school budget and will ensure the library’s future with a stable source of income.
A favorable vote on May 15 would establish LCLC as a independent school district library, and will allow the trustees to apply for a charter. Charters are issued by the New York State Education Department to communities with the need and desire to have an autonomous library. A charter will turn the direction and support of the Lansing Library over to the Lansing public, allowing local control and ending its status as a Reading Room of the Tompkins County Public Library (TCPL). The Lansing Library would join the other independent rural libraries of Groton, Dryden, Newfield, and Trumansburg, along with TCPL, as one of the 37 members of the Finger Lakes Library System.
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Apr
27
2007
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by Bobbi and John Wasenko
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Friday, 27 April 2007 |
 Dear Editor,We support the vote to make the Lansing Community Library Center (LCLC) an independent library. Over 20% of the Tompkins county tax base comes from Lansing town residents. Some of that money is given to Groton, Dryden, Newfield and Trumansburg, other independent libraries in Tompkins county. LCLC receives none of this money because it is not an independent library but a reading room of The Tompkins County Public Library (TCPL).
As an independent library LCLC can ask for a charter and become eligible for county and state funding.
It is time for Lansing tax dollars to return to Lansing for the benefit of all town residents. Vote yes for an independent Lansing library on May 15th. Bobbi and John Wasenko
Residents, Town of Lansing
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Apr
27
2007
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by Judy and Charlie Scott
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Friday, 27 April 2007 |
To the Editor:We support the proposition to make the Lansing Community Library Center an independent library. Universal, convenient access to the full range of library services is a valuable asset to our town. I have worked at the library for the past few years and I am amazed at the variety of people who use our services. These services are comprehensive including large print books, both wired and wireless Internet access, and pick up and delivery services for the Tompkins County Public Library. After 6 years of volunteer effort, we are posed to become a true community library. A "YES" vote on May 15 will change the Lansing Community Library Center from a reading center of the Tompkins County Public library to a true, independent library under the control of the people of Lansing, whose hard work and money have brought us this gift.
Judy and Charlie Scott
Lansing
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Apr
20
2007
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by Dan Veaner
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Friday, 20 April 2007 |
 Of the two big national news stories this week, one is a tragedy and the other is a mystery. It will be a long time before anyone understands why all those Virginia Tech students and faculty were killed. But it is a mystery to me that anyone is surprised that Don Imus was fired. In fact, as I listen to those who lament the demise of a forty year career I don't really get why it took the allegedly respectable major news outlets CBS and NBC four decades to ditch him.
Imus's defenders say it was OK for him to insult blacks because he insulted everyone else. He was an equal-opportunity insulter, so it was OK. I have to ask didn't any of these peoples' mothers tell them that it is bad form to call people names? Of course mothers aren't always right. They tell us 'sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.' The Virginia Tech incident certainly confirms the first part of the adage. But the Imus story contradicts the second part. Because words do matter.
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Apr
13
2007
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by W. Lee
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Friday, 13 April 2007 |
You prove that the Supreme Court has been correct all along. If "baring arms" against social taboos is a protected activity, then baring other skin, frowned on by polite society or law, must be protected as well. Thus, you demonstrate that many of the public indeceny laws, now on the books, should be overturned on Second Amendment grounds.
Thanks to your newspaper for taking a strong stand on this import issue dealing with personal liberty. I would expect to see a copy of your paper sticking from the pocket of every nudist on the public streets...err, okay nudists don't have pockets but you know what I mean. They and the exotic entertainment industry shall be youre greatest supporters.
(See article)
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