Jackson Country May Mouthball Libraries Due to Lack of Funds

I'm not sure if anyone remembers when this happened in Grants Pass back in the 90's. As local bond measures were defeated, the funds for libraries in Josephine Country dried up. The libraries were closed for a few weeks. They did eventually reopen, but only after someone put an ad in US Today which made a mockery of the fact the public libraries were shut down.

Now a decade later, the same thing could happen to the Jackson Country Library system. Loss of timber recipts from the federal government, due to the fact the Republican Congress did reauthorize the reciepts leading to $23 million shortfall in the budget. Living overseas this came as a shock (I'm not able to keep up with all the news happening in Oregon sometimes). My mom happened to email me this morning asking me if I knew this was happending.

Represenatives Defazio and Walden have reintroduced a bill which will bring Oregon rural communities $273 million dollars. The thing is, with the change in power in Congress and so much legislation getting pushed though, who knows if this will really happen.