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Libraries are the lifeblood of our communities,
John.

They provide vital public services — free online access, job search
services, summer youth programming, study spaces, community rooms, and
public archive collections to name a few. That is why I find it
distressing that the Norwin Public Library in Westmoreland County stands
to lose 84% of its annual revenue on November 8.

Our organizing team is meeting with voters face-to-face daily and making
hundreds of calls to get out the vote, and it’s not just for me, but to
elect progressives and progressive causes up and down the ballot. [ [link removed] ]Will
you chip in $5 today so Team Summer can continue to get the
word out about combatting ballot measures like cutting the Norwin Public
Library budget?

[2]Summer Speaking to the Norwin Democrats at the Norwin Public Library a
week ago.

Speaking to the Norwin Democrats at the Norwin Public Library a week ago.



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Here are the details: A group of citizens are trying to defund the Norwin
Public library, placing a question on the November 8 ballot that, if
successful, would be catastrophic to the library and all the Norwin area
residents that rely on their services.

The proposal would reduce local support from 1.2 mill to 0.2 mill — a
devastating loss of $418,000. The library simply cannot survive an 84% cut
in local funding.

To put these numbers in perspective: The current average cost to taxpayers
to keep the Norwin Public Library at its current budget is less than $27 a
year per household.

There is simply no good reason to cut library funding.

The Norwin Public Library loans more books than any other public library
in Westmoreland County and welcomes tens of thousands of visitors every
year, either to borrow books, attend a storytime, participate in a
workshop, work with a tutor, seek technology assistance, or meet clients.

I’m running because three generations of my family relied on public
libraries, and I believe in a world where vital public services, like
libraries, can be fully funded instead of being placed on the chopping
block, John.

[ [link removed] ]Will you chip in what you can today so we can continue to get the word
out and ask our community to save the Norwin Public Library and vote NO on
November 8?

It's on us to fight for this library's survival.

—Summer




 


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