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<http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/author/dcgere/> King County Tax
Dollars at
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*dcgere <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/author/dcgere/>* | June 22,
2011 at 5:30 pm | Tags: King
County<http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?tag=king-county>,
Seattle's Pride
Parade<http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?tag=seattles-pride-parade>|
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Last fall, King County (Washington) adopted a budget
<http://www.kingcounty.gov/council/news/2010/November/budg_FINAL.aspx>
(entitled,
"Balancing the Budget, *Sharing the Pain*”) that included cuts to close the
*$60 million shortfall* anticipated in 2011. "We went through this budget
line-by-line to *cut spending in the most responsible way possible*, just as
many individuals and families everywhere are doing with their own household
budgets,” said one councilmember. “We had to make extremely difficult
choices in this budget and *use our limited resources to protect as many
residents of King County as possible*,” said another councilmember.
So guess how King County Library <http://www.kcls.org/> System (KCLS) is
spending their money responsibly? By paying employees to attend Seattle's
Pride Parade <http://mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=502517>!
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Outreach
A portion of the email sent to the staff:
*"For a second year, KCLS will proudly carry a banner and march in the
Seattle Pride Parade! This year the parade is on Sunday, June 26th.
KCLS employees, volunteers, family and friends are invited to join our
contingent on a march through downtown Seattle. For employees, participation
requires manager approval. Because this is a KCLS Diversity Committee
sponsored event and because this event is an outreach activity, this is a
work-related activity."*
Julie Brand, Community Relations and Marketing Director with the KCLS, said
this is just another one of the library system's outreach activities. "We do
extensive outreach throughout all the communities we serve, whether it's
festivals, parades, or farmer's markets," she said. Brand explained many
libraries are open on Sundays, so the Pride Parade falls on a work day for
many of the employees. "There's no difference between doing it any other day
of the week."
Brand said employees will be educating the public on the library's available
resources. "They go with library materials. *They use it as an opportunity
to talk to folks about what the library has and what sort of resources and
programs and services we can be providing to them*," said Brand. There will
be about 20 employees participating in the parade on Sunday.
KCLS has an extensive website where you can thoroughly research all the
programs and services they offer. And do you think those attending a Pride
Parade are going there to be educated about the library programs? Glad to
know King County is spending their money in the most responsible way to
"protect us".
DCG
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