>Our governor, the Little Shrub, has come up with a plan that is making many
>of us who care about such things just groan.
>
>He's going to eliminate the State Library.  Now, this state library was
>instituted not long after statehood (which was 1845), and has served the
>people of Florida well ever since, especially students, scholars in all
>fields, genealogists, etc.

That would be one of the reasons a Bush would want to get rid of a library -
can't have too many people studying enough to be able to ask all those
awkward questions

>But to save money in the stressed budget, the
>Governor (who has heretofore made noises about how important education is
>and says he's going to encourage everyone in Florida to read) says the
>State Library has to go.

Learned from his Daddy who said "no more new taxes" right before he imposed
new taxes

>  The collection will go to FSU, where it's a
>nightmare finding a place to park, where the library is already stressed to
>bursting and keeps much of their stuff in a warehouse, and where the items
>which need special handling and special environmental control (which they
>get at the State Library currently) will probably not be so well cared for.
>
A passive way of getting rid of all that pesky information

>Yes, trying to cut expenses in government is a good thing, but this isn't
>the way to do it!
>
It's the Bush way

>As I keep lamenting about our previous governor, Lawton Chiles, who died
>suddenly in office just before the last election, "Lawton, why did you
>leave us?"
>
What did he die of?

>Veloci--aggravated--raptor
>
Laurie only a year to go before the next election Phoenix

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