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Tuesday, 12th August 2008

California: Proposal to close main library in Long Beach triggers resentment

From the LA Times article:

A Long Beach City Hall proposal to close its main library has triggered a backlash from downtown residents and their supporters, including author Ray Bradbury, who accused the port town of being "at war with the printed word and books."

"Tell City Hall NO to the threatened closure!" Bradbury implored in a letter published last week in the Press-Telegram. "Long Beach residents and children deserve nothing less than access to a downtown library with ready access to books and programs to help them achieve their goals."

A few weeks ago, Bradbury said, he was in Long Beach to mourn the pending closure of Acres of Books, which opened in 1934. He said the store's closure combined with the loss of the library -- the second-largest civic library in Los Angeles County -- would effectively "remove access to over 1.5 million books from one square mile of the city!"

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