Letters

Spend $7 more

On Feb. 11th local voters will be asked to reset Whitman County Library’s levy rate to fifty cents per $1000 of assessed valuation, the rate we all approved in 1984 and the rate that was in effect until 2002. Since then the rate has gradually declined due to a statewide initiative. This increase would amount to $7 for a home whose assessed value is $100,000.

Whitman County Library serves nearly 15,000 residents with fourteen branch locations. It was open 8525 hours last year, more than twice the average for libraries of a similar size in Washington State. Library usage is extreme...