spideratc wrote:

I received an email this morning stating the book sale was cancelled.  Anyone know why?

The BOS were notably short on detail, huh? How long have you got?

Public Notices on Wed, 24 Feb 2010 07:29:22 wrote:

>Wareham Free Library
>Book Sale
>February 26 & 27
>During Library Hours
>
>BOOK SALE HAS BEEN CANCELLED

I'm as confused as everyone else is. We got permission from the TA that we could have this sale. Then, we just got an email from him saying this one and all future ones are canceled until further notice. Also, we were told to "work with the Library Board of Trustees" because the TA "met with them February 9, 2010" (I didn't see the connection either but that's what he said). So, why wait until 3 days before the sale?

And if the Trustees want to somehow control the book sales, why didn't they contact the president of the Friends around the 9th when they had their meeting? Very confusing indeed. What are we to think? If they don't want the Friends to raise money to support the library, they need to tell us. But don't tell us one thing and then change it at the last minute. It's not fair to the patrons, the staff, or the Friends volunteers.

Guess who will be catching all the grief from the people who come to the library expecting the sale? The poor staff members. Or perhaps Mr. Andrews, or the members of the Board of Trustees, or Griz will be there to take the pressure off the staff and take responsibility for canceling the sale and causing confusion.

I get them not letting us have a sale, but I don't get the way it was handled. Of course, I'm no longer shocked when I see such examples of bad management and decision making--this is only my opinion.

IKNOW WHAT I  AM DOING ,I AM GIVING MONEY TO THE CANDITATES  I FAVOR, AND I WILL BE THERE IN APRIL TO VOTE THESE  NO NOTHING JACKASSES OUT IN APRIL

THE REAL GOAL OF THESE CREEPS IS TO CLOSE THE LIBRARY,THEY TALK OUT OF BOTH SIDES OF THERE MOUTHS , DONT WE NEED THE MONEY THAT THE FREINDS  CAN RAISE FOR THE LIBRARY, REMEMBER TO VOTE IN APRIL BUT WE NEED TO BRING OUT OUR FREINDS TO VOTE

I just hope that all of the people who look forward to the book sales and are frustrated that they are constantly being cancelled due to a neverending political vendetta remember to vote the bums out on April 6th. 

With any luck, the wholesale destruction of the library brought by these clowns will end on April 6 and work to restore its good name can begin on April 7.

Last edited by Hamatron5000 (2010-02-24 14:57:44)

Zoo first of all welcome back. Zoo Marcia’s goal is to get the friends and the book sale out of the library. Nothing would give her more pleasure then to make the friends have the sale somewhere else preferably somewhere they would have to pay rent thereby reducing the amount of money raised by the friends. I’m sure her next tactic will be not allowing the friends to collect books for the sale at the library. She is going to do everything she can to destroy the friends before the new director is appointed.

Ham I don’t really think the BOS is out to destroy the library (although their actions may contribute to its downfall, they are too stupid to realize what they are doing) I think it is a control and micro management issue. They want control of all the money raised and control how the money is spent. The fact that they can’t tell the friends how to spend the money must drive them right up the wall. I think they also don’t like the fact that although the library needs money most of the citizens of Wareham who care about the library donate to the friends instead of directly to the town. People have more faith that the friend’s money will go to the library and be spent wisely. Some of the BOS may actually believe Bobo’s story. Personally I think it is all about control, from the BOS and for sure control from Marcia, she gives new meaning to the phrase ‘control freak”

I JUST SAW SLAGERS LATEST DIATRIBE AGAINST THE FREINDS OF THE WAREHAM FREE LIBRARY, I SAY THEY , THE FREINDS SHOULD SUE SLAGER FOR ALL HIS LIES ,  ENOUGH IS ENOUGH .

Last edited by ihateliz (2010-02-24 19:41:30)

iliveinazoo wrote:

I will never understand why a guy from Halifax wants to poison Wareham so badly.

It's not so much that he wants to poison wareham.  He wants to beguile his family into thinking  he is an honorable man.  He also needs to make enough money to keep the rag running.  He's learned that if he continues to write fictional stories that praise the scum and drag down the honorable, he will be rewarded with revenue from the scum in the form of advertisement.  If he prints the truth it will hurt his scheme to generate revenue and he will be out of business.  So no matter what he knows in his heart, he must continue with his lies and continue to preach to his tin foil hate-ers so they can console him and tell him how worthwhile he is to this town....And the saddest part is that he keeps trying to convinced himself that he is a worthwhile human being.  He doesn't want to destroy the town.  He wants to destroy people who have accomplished more than he can even dream of accomplishing.  He doesn't understand that these tactics do not make him an honorable man.

Last edited by Mixie (2010-02-24 22:01:19)

It is a sad thing that the new TA has been pressured to change his mind about the book sale. I’m sure Marcia and Brenda had a lot to do with his decision. Marcia talks with Brenda for hours at work; it would be nice if she would concentrate on the COA rather then get involved with all the politics in town.

I’m sure Marcia will be at the library today and Sat to gloat over the fact she was able to get the book sale cancelled. I doubt that any patrons who approach her to express their displeasure will have any affect on her. She really doesn’t care what people think.

What Marcia fails to realize is that she is a town employee, we the taxpayers are the ones who pay her salary. The selectman aren’t her boss, the selectman are not suppose to be involved in the day to day running of the town. Are you listening Brenda!!!  The town administrator is the only person who has control over Marcia. Unfortunately right now it seems that Marcia has control over him, at least when it comes to the library. Hopefully a new library director will be hired as soon as possible

The BOS and their lackeys are going to do whatever it takes to make the libraries go away. They will not hire a qualified librarian, and they will refuse to support funding for either of the libraries.
They don't care about the libraries, and they never will.
They have done a remarkable job in the attempt to destroy them, and unless they are stopped soon, they will succeed very shortly
Bad publicity, lack of trust of the friends of the libraries, and the lack of knowledge of how important a library system of some kind is in place, will result in the end of the libraries as you know them.
Just my opinion...but...I am sorry to say I think I am right.
That's why I have preached getting government out of the ...oh...you know the rest.

commonsense wrote:

Mixie wrote:

he will be rewarded with revenue from the scum in the form of advertisement.

Unless of course Wareham Week is smart enough to under-bid him....

You have more faith that I that the BOS will act according to law.  I think they are masters in manipulating facts into anything they want.  They and slager are a devious crew.

It has become quite clear that the BOS and Marcia Griswold are doing everything they can to destroy the Friends of the library. I am actually surprised by what has been put in print lately and what has been posted about the friends “good riddance Friends” The joy and glee expressed by some at the deliberate and calculated attacks against the friends are now out in the open.

All of the Friend’s family members, people who are close to the Friends or anyone who supports the Friends and knows the character of these people, should do everything within their power to get as many people to the polls to vote.

Although Brucey has recently been nicey nicey about  what he says about our local police dept it wasn’t that long ago he was implying that some of our policemen were racist as well as making other nasty comments. (Pspan maybe you could find that clip)   I encourage anyone who works on the police force, their families and friends to go to the polls and vote...

I know a lot of the people who work for the town are furious with the way this current BOS is continually wasting the town money while the employees are constantly asked to sacrifice. So I encourage all family members and friends of current town employees as well as those who have been laid off, and all the teachers in town to go to the polls and vote.

I would like to thank Nora for everything she has done and all her posts. Her frustration level must be at the max.