DVD Firestorm

bq.Hillsborough County Commissioner Ronda Storms is once again riling people up by questioning whether the county’s public libraries should be spending $559,000 on DVDs, including popular movies and television programs. Opponents act as if she is advocating book-burning, but she makes solid points. She doesn’t think it necessary to provide library patrons with free movies and TV shows, and she wants the 12- member library board to think about how they’re spending tax dollars. She’d rather see more money going to reading programs and books than DVDs. – Tampa Tribune Editoral Board
bq.I’m glad it is the next county spends their tax dollars micromanaging the library through a county commission that has not a single librarian, nor which consulted a librarian in making their apparently non-binding resolution. – mdoneil
bq.What might we call this latest busybody exercise by Ronda Storms, the Mother Superior of Hillsborough County? The Patronizing Act? – Daniel Ruth