Hayden, and i loved your response to that. Well, thank you. Does anybody else have a question . Do you have a question, sir . Thank you. Just a question about the Montgomery County Library System which is really important here. Since one out of three people here were born in another country, here in gaithersburg and a few others called the english conversation club, ive been with it for about ten years where we teach immigrants english, we help them learn the culture, help them, you know, get a drivers license, help many of them become citizens. And recently were talking about technology, i started broadcasting our meetings live on facebook live, and weve had thousands of people around the world watching the meetings from the Montgomery County library. Thank you. Gentleman in the back. I just wanted to say one of the best things about living in Montgomery County is the great Library System and the great Staff Members they have there. How with libraries offering an everexpanding variety
How much you want them to ensure that we can continue to get Library Services and please, when we put out a call that we need your support, please do so. We dont have money for pacs, we dont have a lot of money, we are not wealthy people. So we depend on what you call grassroots and that is normal people picking up the phone or emailing their member of congress or their senator or their governor and saying we want you to support libraries. The mayor, the governor, the United States Congress Needs to know that and respect that and make sure that that happens going forward. And that a takes hundreds and thousands of calls from people like you. I couldnt have said it better. What a great point. We have, i think, time for maybe a question or two. Does anybody in the audience have a question . If not, i will go on. Its not a question, but i wanted to thank you very much for your comment about dr. Carla hayden, and i loved your response to that. Well, thank you. Does anybody else have a ques
Takes place online or in person. I think our mission has stayed very much the same even though the way we might deliver those services has changed. But we do have a new Strategic Plan that will well be coming t with shortly, so youll see how some things have changed and how were trying to better reach the communitys needs. I just wanted to take just a quick second to thank everyone. Like i said, we could go on forever. I wish we had some more time to talk about some more things, but i want to thank becky clark from the library of congress. Visit the library of congress. I want to thank mary ellen from the Montgomery County Public Library system. Emily from the American Library association, youre not going to find a Better Organization fighting a better battle. Go to their web site, help out any way you can. And i also wanted to thank kira and, again, get a plug in for library jury room, a publication that i nerd out and my journal reviews everything, not just books, graphic novels, fil
The Manitou Springs City Council approved a local law this week to recognize heritage trees and protect the leafy green canopy that keeps the community cooler in the summer.