What this means, ultimately, is still uncertain. But I'd rather have
divided authority decide this issue than absolute authority. It is a
fiscal-prudence issue but it is also a larger social-policy issue, for
which it's good to have multiple public decision-makers. Pulling the
plug on all these
Bibliophiles rejoice, at least for now.
The Court of Common Pleas has granted the suit by several members of City
Council, including Mrs Blackwell, to stop the Mayor from closing library
branches by executive order. The basis of the suit, as members of this list
know,
is a provision of the
