The Haines Borough Assembly is talking about contraction, user fees, and shuttering quality of life components. In 1730 when a young New England printer named Ben Franklin launched his Library Company of Philadelphia paid for by users: 40 shillings for initial membership and 10 shillings yearly. It allowed its subscribers to borrow one book at a time, after signing a promissory note. Lending Libraries, now publicly funded, continue fueling literacy, imagination and growth.
Today we…