<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Salinas to close public libraries "indefinitely" after New Year </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>by reposter via Santa Cruz IMC Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2004 at 12:33 PM </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A href="http://www.sf.indymedia.org/news/2004/12/1708136.php">http://www.sf.indymedia.org/news/2004/12/1708136.php</A> </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Budget shortfalls have inspired Salinas officials to close a valuable public resource </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The three Salinas Public Libraries will close for an indefinite period of time soon after January 1, 2005. According to the website for the Salinas Public Libraries, these closures are part of the 9.2 million dollars in the service reductions incurred by the City of Salinas due to loss of revenues from the State of California, higher fees imposed by Monterey County, slower than expected economic recovery, and increased costs of employee health insurance and retirement benefits. Exact dates and details are to be determined. </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Audio report: <A href="http://santacruz.indymedia.org/newswire/display/13735/index.php">http://santacruz.indymedia.org/newswire/display/13735/index.php</A> </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Friends of the Salinas Public Library <A href="http://www.fospl.org/">http://www.fospl.org/</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This email was cleaned by emailStripper, available for free from <A href="http://www.papercut.biz/emailStripper.htm">http://www.papercut.biz/emailStripper.htm</A></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>