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Title: 7 Reasons the Government Must Stop Little Free Libraries for the Sake of the Nation
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Activist Post
URL Source: http://www.activistpost.com/2016/09 ... or-the-sake-of-the-nation.html
Published: Sep 15, 2016
Author: Daisy Luther
Post Date: 2016-09-21 09:47:05 by Deckard
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By Daisy Luther Sometimes, things happen that seem good on the surface, but underneath all that, they’re actually really terrible. A seemingly innocent act can be the precursor to chaos and anarchy. While the people perpetrating that act may have good intentions, we all know what the road to hell is paved with, right? There’s a horrifying new trend across America – a trend that is 40,000 strong. Little Free Libraries are replacing actual government-funded libraries (maybe because the government is no longer funding them.) Since Obama came to the Christian Zabriskie from Urban Libraries Unite said this of the importance of libraries: Libraries are the single most democratic institution in New York City. We are a bridge of opportunity, we are aids in time of trouble, we are a safe haven for seniors and a place of potential for youth. There is no door that is more readily opened in the city, and there is no place else with so much to offer any and all who pass over the threshold. Come check out our stories at the Savenyclibraries.org website where we are talking about the small moments that librarians and patrons share. (source) In case you haven’t seen them, a box, cupboard, shelf or anything else that can hold books is set up in a front yard or driveway. People passing by are invited to take a book of their choice to read … and then leave another one when they return the one they borrowed. The movement started in 2009 when a man built an LFL in memory of his mother. A 76-year-old in Sherman Oaks, California, felt that his little library, roughly the size of a dollhouse, “turned strangers into friends and a sometimes-impersonal neighborhood into a community,” the reporter observed. The man knew he was onto something “when a 9-year-old boy knocked on his door one morning to say how much he liked the little library.” He went on to explain, “I met more neighbors in the first three weeks than in the previous 30 years.” (source) You’d think that it would be encouraged for people to help each other out. Okay, if you’ve ever read anything I’ve written, you probably wouldn’t think that at all. We need to look no further than Louisiana, when neighbors began rescuing neighbors from flood waters without the help of the government, to see that “officials” really don’t like proof of their obsolescence. And so it goes with Little Free Libraries. Last year The LA Times published an article about the horrible problems Little Free Libraries seem to be causing. Crime, homelessness and crumbling infrastructure are still a problem in almost every part of America, but two cities have recently cracked down on one of the country’s biggest problems: small community libraries where residents can share books. Officials in Los Angeles and Shreveport, La., have told the owners of homemade lending libraries that they’re in violation of city codes, and asked them to remove or relocate their small book collections. In Los Angeles, Peter Cook, who acts under the name Peter Mackenzie, and his wife, writer Lili Flanders, were told by a city investigator that their curbside library was an obstruction. They were given a week to remove it, or else face fines from the city. This came after an anonymous note from “a neighbor who hates you and your kids” was left on their library, ordering them to “Take it down or the city will.” Even children are not exempt from being taught their places. Just ask young Spencer Collins. 9-year-old Spencer Collins erected a “take a book, leave a book” structure as a Mother’s Day gift and as an attempt to engage with his Leawood, Kan., community. But then the Leawood City Council ordered him to remove the small library from his front yard and even threatened the young librarian with fines. (source) There are many reasons that these unapproved libraries cannot be allowed. Their potential to damage to the social order is unfathomable. If you think Little Free Libraries are in any way acceptable, then you probably hate America, pug puppies, and snow cones on a hot day. We can’t have people thinking that they can do whatever they want at their own homes, setting up boxes of books all willy-nilly on their own property like this. Next thing you know, they’ll want to have say in things like whether they are allowed to grow food and whether property taxes are even necessary. Of course, I think these are all fine reasons to set up a Little Free Library of your own. For a guide to doing so, or to finding an existing one in your area visit littlefreelibrary.org.
Urban and Suburban America Are Subject to a Scourge…of Books
throne White House in 2008, libraries, and in particular, smaller branch libraries, have seen their funding cut again and again. Many branch libraries have cut staff and the hours they are open, while others have closed altogether. Particularly in a place where public transit is not an option, this can make library access hard to come by for lower income people. When public libraries began closing, private citizens began to misbehave.
So the government had to regain control of these rebels.
Why is this unacceptable?
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