Why don't we just go back to the days when when people did not have the freedoms of reading and writing. Or have a right to have an education. The first step in getting an education in any life of an american child has always started by getting books from the public library. The public library is the best place for a child to start love reading. The public library has always had time for summer reading programs and storytime. Young children absolutely love those times. Not just the young children, but let's say an elder person that wants to keep their mind in tack and rides that bus to go get books at the public library. Does the Ohio govt. going to give that elder person a ride to Columbus public library when they decide to close all of the local branches in the small towns all over Ohio. Or how about that teenager that goes there to read books just to get away from home or gets on the internet and looks for a summer job. Is Ohio prepared when the public library close down and that same teenager gets arrested because they had no control over the public library closing. And that same teenager can not go home and they go to the library to stay out of trouble. Is Ohio govt. prepared to for the taxmoney that it is going to cost to have that same teenager to be put on trial for a crime that was committed just because he/she did not have a local branch of a public library to go to? There are so many variables that goes on with a public library. I have enjoyed reading that I have always took my child to the library three or four times a week. If the Ohio govt. wants to make some cuts, why is it the taxpayer that pays their salaries are the ones that have to suffer?