Waterloo Courier Guest Opinion

Check out my guest opinion in last Sunday's Waterloo Courier. I'm finding that newspaper editors tend to be bibliophiles--and partial to libraries. Proof can be found in last week's Dubuque Telegraph-Herald, and Des Moines Register editorials.

Let's keep up the pressure on the governor. According to Brian Cooper, editor of the Dubuque Telegraph-Herald, Governor Culver is rethinking his attempt to cut state funding to Iowa's libraries.

If you agree that an 18% cut in state aid to library services is un-called for, express your opinion on the governor's website.

It's important that the governor hear from you, but the ball is in the legislature's court. Be sure to contact your local solon and ask him or her to support Iowa's libraries by restoring library funding to 100% of FY08!

And finally, if I can get a guest opinion supporting Iowa's libraries published in a local newspaper, so can you!