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Home Table of Contents Archives Frequently Asked Questions Contact Us Local Media Coverage of the November 2008 Library Bond Referendum Updated October 20, 2008 Atlanta Journal-Constitution's March 19th news story about the county commissioners' approval of the originally-proposed library bond referendum (the proposal that did not include a new Central Library - a provision that the commissioners added to the referendum on July 16th): Fulton Approves Spending $150 Million on Libraries. Central Branch Library July 16th blogpost: Dead On Arrival: The Library Master Plan WABE 90.1's (Public Broadcasting Atlanta's) July 17th news story: $275-million Library Bond on November Ballot Architecture blog Docomomo's July 17th blogpost: Let's Lose a Couple of Libraries Atlanta Journal-Constitution's July 18th editorial: Progress in Preservation ...and 32 reader comments on that editorial Creative Loafing's July 18th news blogpost: New Atlanta Library Money Passes Hurdle Terminal Station's July 18th blogpost: Library Shennanigans Georgia Politics Unfiltered's July 18th blogpost: Fulton County Residents to Vote On Library Referendum North Fulton County Real Estate's July 18th blogpost: Fulton County Board of Commissioners Approves Authorization for 2008 Library Bond Referendum, which quotes Commissioner Pitts (who initiated the proposal to build a new Central Library) predicting that “The cost for average homeowners will be less than the cost of a cup of coffee every month." Atlanta Intown's July 24th blogpost: Voters to Decide on Library Bonds Buckhead Reporter's July 25th blogpost: Fulton Commissioners Approve Nov. 4 Library Bond Referendum Atlanta Journal-Constitution's July 28th front-page story: Beauty, Truth, and Bonds: Is Library a Classy Eyesore? ...and the immediate responses to this article at the Terminal Station and Central Branch Library blogs Another Central Branch Library blogpost on July 29th: Trusting Private Media with Publilc Policy Gwinnett Herald's July 31st editorial: Fulton Gambles Library System's Future Central Branch Library's August 4th blogpost: Questions for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution The John's Creek Herald's August 20th story about the referendum: Library Referendum Tests Voters' Will Another Central Branch Library blogpost on September 7th: Pimping the Public: Literary Bliss or a Shotgun Wedding? The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's October 9th editorial advising voters to vote 'No' on the bond referendum, and library director John Szabo's rationale, published in the same edition of the AJC, for why voters should vote 'Yes.' The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Sunday, October 19th news story that reported several details of the construction and renovation projects the upcoming referendum (if approved) would finance, and quoting statements supporting and opposing the referendum's approval by voters. Local public radio station WABE's October 27th story on the cost to county taxpayers of publicizing the upcoming referendum: Fulton County Spends $28,800 on Postcard Explaining Library System Bond Referendum Home Table of Contents Archives Frequently Asked Questions Contact Us