| Topic: | Re:Re:Save the libraries | |
| Posted by: | Dawn Hardy | |
| Date/Time: | 23/01/11 14:50:00 |
| Jessica, I have asked Councillor's on many occasion's the big question of WHY??? did the Council make these ludicrous deals with both Liang and Fusion for a period of 25 Year's without consulting we the community,no answer to the question but fobbed off to a web site that I have read diligently however there is no valid reason given for doing our community down.Outsourcing can be advantageous in some circumstances but surely you do not give business's the whole cream cake and more without censure or conrol for such a long time.Fusion cost we as a community approximately 1 Million Pounds a year to run our Leisure Centres bear in mind that the cost of refurbing is not included, Liang are not far behind in fact they make considerably more with the refurbishment's and then close the Libraries. Brentford Library was as you know donated to the People of Brentford by Mr.Carnegie in 1903 in 1913 a stipulation was introduced in the codicil that towns had to undertake to fund the Libraries providing it with book's ect from the Rates as they were back then. Surely as this was a gift to we the people of Brentford they cannot do this, I have lived in Brentford all my life and the Library was always a kind of sanctuary, the shelves alway's overloaded until a couple of year's back, I even embarrassed the poor women behind the desk a few month's back by complaining that the shelves were empty, I offered 50 Brand New Book's that were turned down because there was nowhere to store them although there was plenty of room on the shelves. Of course she was unaware that Liang was thinking of closing our Library. Surely there has to be a legality to break such a stupid contract that benefit's only Liang and Fusion. How many people were made redundant by the Council so that they could outsource.Councillor's you have the ideal opportunity to explain to us, WHAT! benefit did you think it would be to we the people that your suppositious representation did Our Libraries are no longer a comfort zone they are utilitarian, we the people continue to pay out and at the end of the day all we get for it-is closure of a Library that has been a landmark in Brentford for over 100 Year's. SHAME ON ALL COUNCILLOR'S WHO TOOK PART IN THIS DEBACLE! |