Or to put it another way 'he who votes them in, and pays the council tax, should have a say'!
 
This is an example of the many reports received every day from around the country. Links to most of the press reports are to be found on Alan Gibbons' and Ian Anstice's  Public Libraries News blogs.
Village Turns Out for Library Fight

"Hundreds of schoolchildren were among an army of campaigners rallying in protest against the impending closure of Sonning Common Library."

http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/s/2085373_village_turns_out_for_library_fight
 
Huge Crowd Flocked to Libraries Public Meeting Last Night

"Leader of Gloucestershire County Council, Mark Hawthorne, and cabinet member for libraries, Antonia Noble, faced tough questions from the angry crowd who demanded to know why Bishop's Cleeve library was not being kept on as a full service when it was the third most popular in the county."


http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/news/Huge-crowd-flocked-libraries-public-meeting-night/article-3091017-detail/article.html

Frances Hendrix
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