Economy pits Clearwater budget vs. library fans

It’s another busy afternoon at the East Branch Library on Drew Street. The book stacks and computer terminals are packed with people, and they don’t want to hear about a plan to move their local library 3 miles away.

“That’s terrible,” says Kristi Rainey, who’s surfing employment Web sites. “What’s wrong with the library we have?”

There’s nothing wrong with it, except that Clearwater might not be able to afford five libraries anymore.

Source: St. Petersburg Times

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