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July 03, 2006
Clapp If You Love the Library
Mayor Ron Littlefield found himself in another public squabble last week. But this one had a novel ending: his combatant apologized.
“I owe an apology to Mayor Littlefield and the City Council for inadvertently mischaracterizing City support of the library and its funding,” Hamilton County Bicentennial Library Director David Clapp said in a statement. “Ron Littlefield has been a lifelong friend of the library and kept our budget at a higher level last year when he could have legitimately cut it to match the county’s contribution. Both he and most members of the City Council have gone out of their way to help us during his administration. It was completely unfair to lay our budget crisis at the door of our best friends and supporters.”
The apology came after Littlefield defended the city’s library funding, which has grown even as the county has cut its contribution. “Our hearts are with the library,” he said. “We do all we can to make sure the budget is balanced and they have the services they need.”
BlogBeats | By mesh | 07:26 AM
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