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Archive for Felton Library Friends
San Lorenzo
Valley residents testify at May 2 library board hearing on the
proposed Felton branch closure.
City-county
library system to write plan for future
- Santa Cruz Sentinel, Sept. 16, 2005
Felton included on Library Board priority list.
Felton
open to library ideas: Supporters of new branch project seeking
to revive aging discussion
Santa
Cruz Sentinel, July 11, 2005
FELTON — Seven years have passed since library officials
announced they would seek a new home for the Felton branch. The
branch has yet to move.
County
mulls larger library
Santa
Cruz Sentinel, June 8, 2005
A controversial proposal to close the Felton library branch has
triggered new interest in trying to find a larger space for the
facility.
 Library
spending under fire
Santa Cruz Sentinel, June 3, 2005
SANTA CRUZ — Poor planning has led to "hasty" and
"expensive" decisions at the city-county library system
and may result in voters rejecting future funding proposals, according
to a report issued Thursday by the Santa Cruz County grand jury.
Library
Director under Fire after Budget Talks Run Afoul of Open Meeting
Laws
Mid
County Post, May 17, 2005
By Mary Bryant
On May 2, with about 200 Felton residents in the audience, the
Santa Cruz Public Libraries board voted unanimously to keep the
Felton branch of the County-city library system open, at least
for now. While different Board members see the decision as having
somewhat varying meanings, there is virtually no question that
the small branch tucked into the former Felton Presbyterian church
will stay open next year.
Library
chief Turner on the hot seat
May 17, 2005, Santa Cruz Sentinel
By Jondi Gumz
SANTA CRUZ — Managerial gaffes by longtime library chief
Anne Turner have cost her support among the board that oversees
the $10 million city-county system.
Trouble
in the Stacks: Felton library to stay open but not without its
share of controversy
May
5, 2005, Good Times
By Mike de Give
Felton’s supervisor has accused the county’s library
director of blindsiding him with plans to shut down the county’s
smallest library, and then shopping for votes on the library board
to get the job done.
 A
tale of two library systems: Watsonville branches expand services
while Santa Cruz struggles
May
6, 2005, Santa Cruz Sentinel
By Donna Jones
WATSONVILLE — Searching for material for a class research
project, Cabrillo College student Nicole Gonzales plucked a book
on American history from a shelf at the city library Thursday
afternoon.
Library
Wars
Metro Santa Cruz, May 4, 2005
Sitting atop a modest hill, the Felton Public Library looks charmingly
inviting, but the rickety old building recently triggered a turf
war after a library official reportedly began its closing process
without public discussion.
Library
chief’s apology falls short for supervisor
Santa
Cruz Sentinel, May 4, 2005
By Jondi Gumz
SANTA CRUZ — The apology from library chief Anne Turner for
violating the state law on open government has satisfied the chairman
of the library oversight board, but not one of her harshest critics.
 Board
votes unanimously to keep Felton library open
Santa
Cruz Sentinel, May 3, 2005
By Genevieve Bookwalter
SANTA CRUZ — The Felton library won’t be closing. And
for people worried about the future of their nearest Santa Cruz
city or county library branch, well, it won’t be closing
either.
Supervisor
rips library chief over Felton closing - Stone: Behind-the-scenes
actions ‘outrageous’
April 29, Santa Cruz Sentinel
By Jondi Gumz
FELTON — County Supervisor Mark Stone vowed Thursday to fight
a proposal to shut the Felton branch library, berating county
library chief Anne Turner for telling him it was a done deal prior
to any public discussion.
Felton
library faces the ax: Community plans rally against cost-cutting
measure; oversight board decides Monday
April 28, 2005, Santa Cruz Sentinel
By Jondi Gumz
FELTON — Felton library patrons are in shock over a proposal
to close their tiny, aging branch to reduce the county library
system’s deficit.
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