He had yet to speak. The crowd tittered. Wolfe shot a dark look at DeSaulnier over the top of his glasses. Let the games begin. On the face of it, increased funding for libraries doesn't seem like the kind of issue that would spawn much controversy.
Libraries tend to inspire goodwill.
Support for the new sales tax idea will certainly cross party and socioeconomic lines. Yet the proposal to go back to the voters with another sales tax measure for the libraries already has a select group of individuals steaming, splutteringly mad. Or that the lack of funding shows up in worn carpets, leaking roofs, outdated materials and limited hours. The sales tax isn't the only plan afoot to raise money for the libraries, although it is the most direct route to increase local funding. But Rainey and Tauscher's efforts will face tough competition in the Legislature and in Congress.