WSQT Direct Action Radio 88.1 FM
03 Apr 2010
April 3 was the last day the Mt Peasant Library was open - for at least 18 months of (maybe) renovation. On April 3, protesters held the building open at closing time with a door chained open and an occupation of the basement.
This was after an outdoor speak-out and a tour of the building. As people left the building at closing (for good) time, attention was called to the chained-open basement door and people poured down the wheelchair ramp and re-entered through the basement. Several stayed even after the police arrived, risking arrest.
It took an hour and ten minutes for cops to get the necessary tools to cut the chain holding the basement door open, and nearly that long to talk people into leaving with false promises that Jim Graham would stop by to hear community grievances about shutting down the ONLY library in Ward 1.
Since Graham did not show, we need to wonder what OTHER promises made are falsehoods. Will they really renovate and reopen on time? Will the "interim library" or trailer really open in a month? Or will the building go to developers, who seem damned interested in the area?
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