Comments on: Library Update: You Gotta Have Friends, Plus A New Petition http://www.philebrity.com/2008/11/14/library-update-you-gotta-have-friends-plus-a-new-petition/ philly's longest-standing cityblog Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:04:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: sduckworthhttp://www.philebrity.com/2008/11/14/library-update-you-gotta-have-friends-plus-a-new-petition/comment-page-1/#comment-7702 sduckworth Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:53:16 +0000 http://www.philebrity.com/?p=16864#comment-7702 Hey - I work with the Friends and just wanted to comment on that previous comment - the Friends of the Free Library is independent of the Library. The Library Foundation, not the Friends, is the org that has been running the Expansion Project.And there is also an online petition that a volunteer set up for us at http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/savefreelibrarybranches/index.htmlAll of this is on our website - thanks philebrity for all the posting you've been doing on this! Hey – I work with the Friends and just wanted to comment on that previous comment – the Friends of the Free Library is independent of the Library. The Library Foundation, not the Friends, is the org that has been running the Expansion Project.

And there is also an online petition that a volunteer set up for us at http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/savefreelibrarybranches/index.html

All of this is on our website – thanks philebrity for all the posting you’ve been doing on this!

]]> By: C. The Impalerhttp://www.philebrity.com/2008/11/14/library-update-you-gotta-have-friends-plus-a-new-petition/comment-page-1/#comment-7668 C. The Impaler Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:40:45 +0000 http://www.philebrity.com/?p=16864#comment-7668 Isn't the "Friends" just a library managed membership org for the library? Aren't the friends quite a few mill into a $90 million fund raising campaign for the expansion of the central branch? Why no one put the cuts next to the high level development operation to raise the dough for the new wing still mystifies me. Isn’t the “Friends” just a library managed membership org for the library? Aren’t the friends quite a few mill into a $90 million fund raising campaign for the expansion of the central branch? Why no one put the cuts next to the high level development operation to raise the dough for the new wing still mystifies me.

]]> By: Walter Sobchakhttp://www.philebrity.com/2008/11/14/library-update-you-gotta-have-friends-plus-a-new-petition/comment-page-1/#comment-7666 Walter Sobchak Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:27:11 +0000 http://www.philebrity.com/?p=16864#comment-7666 SEND faxes SEND faxes

]]> By: Walter Sobchakhttp://www.philebrity.com/2008/11/14/library-update-you-gotta-have-friends-plus-a-new-petition/comment-page-1/#comment-7665 Walter Sobchak Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:26:54 +0000 http://www.philebrity.com/?p=16864#comment-7665 Is there an online petition somewhere? The link is for a PDF that gets printed and mailed.You can also sens faxes to all (or some) of your elected city officials by using this link: http://www.hallwatch.org/faxbank/philadelphia Is there an online petition somewhere? The link is for a PDF that gets printed and mailed.

You can also sens faxes to all (or some) of your elected city officials by using this link: http://www.hallwatch.org/faxbank/philadelphia

]]>