"Reduce the size of the AFPL Board. As a retired AFPL administrator, I am personally
and painfully aware of the detriment and problems that having a Board of [its current] size
can cause."
"Can we PLEASE have a real 'big city' library, instead of the small town silliness we
now have?"
"I'm a library student and resident of SW Atlanta. I am embarrassed by this board and
the Atlanta-Fulton County Library. Things could be so much better, but power-crazed
board members put their own interests above those of Atlanta citizens. We all deserve
outstanding library services. You guys should be ashamed."
"The antics of the Board of Trustees for the Atlanta-Fulton Library system are an
embarrassment. Let's end this ridiculous behavior by changing the board structure!"
"...Give the citizens the library system all of Atlanta and Fulton County citizens deserve.
Take out the politics and put in the librarians who are trained to run libraries....Reduce
the AFPL Board of Trustees to 7 [members]."
"Whenever a governing board allows themselves to be sued - and lose the lawsuit -
it is time to examine the leadership and their priorities."
"I have watched the meetings of the Board many times and there is little doubt this
board needs to be restructured."
"This is your chance to give the citizens the library system all of Atlanta and Fulton
County citizens deserve. Take out the politics and put in the librarians who are
trained to run libraries. We beg you to reduce the AFPL Board of Trustees to 7."
"I have watched the micro-management of the library system for three years and it is
time for a change. The board is power hungry and has held the library system hostage,
in my opinion."
"Mismanagement has already caused the system to lose some good administrative
librarians. Let's make this a library system we can all be proud of."
"Discriminating board needs to be replaced by professional citizens."
"The Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System is such an embarrassment. A city such as Atlanta deserves a world class library. This library board must be restructured and this administration should be fired. A library board or any board of this size is unwieldy. Change in the size and makeup of this library board is necessary for this organization to move forward and restore its reputation. The library staff should not be subjected to such treatment at the hands of an incompetent library board and administration."
"A $25 million dollar [legal] judgment indicates a dire need for change to this system!"
"Arrogant & wrongful behavior by several board members exceeds all norms of decency and cannot be tolerated in a civilized country."
"Dysfunctional board needs to resign. We need more libraries and not lawsuits."
"No more abuse of authority! No more micromanagement!"
"Stop wasting my tax money."
"Can you spell R-A-C-I-S-M?"
"Tax paying citizens need more libraries, and not lawsuits."
"The present library system is an embarrassment. Atlanta and Fulton County deserve better.
The board is a bad joke and the administration is a set of puppets controlled by the board."
"...We urge the Powers that Be to sweep the board clean and reduce the numbers. Too many
egos are in the way for the board to function properly."
"Reform of the composition of the Library Board is long overdue! It's management of the
Atlana-Fulton Library resources has been little short of scandalous."
"Currently most of the people who are on the board have forgotten to be fair and just. I am
hoping that with their removal and some stipulations that prevent or at the least curtails the
political use of AFPL, this library system can become something the citizens are once again
proud of."
"As a former director of AFPL and former interem director (resigned), I strongly advocate
reducing the Board to 7. When 1st serving as director there was a board of seven dedicated
business type board members, with other things to do. Watching the board enlarged from 7 to
17, I worked with much indecision, mettlesome, invasive obstruction to the functions of the
organization. It has become a social recognition entity, with little concern for library ethics and
integrity. The Library System is being destroyed; and the nonsence should be brought to a halt."
"As a former employee of the system and a library educator, I have studied various board
arrangements and agree whole-heartedly that the size of this board is beyond the bounds of
best practices and good sense."
"As a retiree with 27 years of service at AFPL, I consider legislative restructuring of the library
board to be crucial for any restoration of past excellence."
"I retired from the Atlanta-Fulton Library after thirty years of service. I have been greatly
saddened at the decline of our once great system. I strongly support changing the current
Library Board structure. The intent of the laws governing public libraries in Georgia is to make
them accountable to citizen overview. This can't be done under the current politicized board
structure. I strongly urge the Legislature to pass this long overdue legislation. Please let Atlanta
and Fulton County have a quality, professionally run library system again."
"My tax dollars should be spent on library programs, materials, and superior staffing; not on
settling lawsuits that an incomptent board has brought on themselves."
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