Letter - Referendum offer the best deal in town
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Updated: November 04, 2009 10:40 AM
As a published author and someone who has worked in numerous libraries I have a keen interest in the future of the Salt Spring library.
Education doesn’t just happen in school, it happens throughout our lives at the library. Reading informs us about the world outside our own experience and keeps us from having to learn everything from scratch. Walking a mile in someone else’s shoes is what we do when we pick up a book. From making a will to fixing the kitchen tap, from the practical to the sublime, everything we need to know about the world is in a book.
A library is a basic service, a necessity in any community. The children of Salt Spring need and deserve the very best facility we can provide. And how wonderful to have $4.55 million in government funding put back into our island. I’ve estimated that my tax share will cost a little less than two hardcover books per year. As someone who borrows many more items than this a week, it’s the best deal in town.
I hope you vote “yes” in the library referendum on Dec. 5.
Phyllis Smallman,
Salt Spring
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