Does Santa Claus like libraries? In Arapahoe County, CO, he does and even campaigned for the successful holiday season operating levy for the library. The stories that come out of this year's referenda reinforce the political nature of libraries, both good and bad. They range from the tennis court squabble that nearly sunk a new library building in Peachtree, GA, to the Ottumwa, IA, city council shell game with the newly voter-approved library levy. In large part, even in these difficult economic times and with the looming impact of the war in Iraq, America's voters continued to support their libraries, choosing to open their pocket books in small towns and big cities to build bigger libraries and buy better services.
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