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Old 04-25-2013, 07:58 AM
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Default Pensions, salary, etc.

Would be curious what kind of pensions, salary, etc. the librarians at the libraries in Sumter County get now? This is more about the librarians and how it affects them rather than with the libraries.

I use the Lake County Library System most of the time and rarely use the Sumter County Library System. Some of the librarians at the Lady Lake County Library are quite good and do wonders for their community so I would be against this if it happened at Lady Lake but am not familiar enough with the programs and library workers involved in them at Sumter County to give a good opinion.

It depends more on the local politics, money available, etc. about the general question of privatizing libraries. The American Library Association opposes adamantly this trend but that is an association of librarians for the most part so that makes sense.

If a very good teacher at a Villages High School's job was threatened by a plan to fill in the teacher's spot with the person who would take the least pay and no benefits....