re: #24 Backwoods_Sleuth

Back when I was on my village board, the board was considering shuttering the public library (because a couple loudmouths in town didn’t want to pay for a library since they didn’t use it).

The state library commissioner travelled all the way out here to testify before the board on what happens when towns close libraries. As libraries are a draw to the town (especially for people with children), someone moving to an area will consider whether a town has a library or not. (Eventually the board instead approved my proposal to increase the library board budget by 23%.)