Comments on: Hey Maggie, go find an issue you can actually do something about! ACLU Update Below

By: rochesterturning.com: turning the tide upstate

rochesterturning.com: turning the tide upstate — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 19:18:32 +0000

[...] Maggie Brooks was getting all hot-and-bothered about computer screens in libraries. It was pretty tough not to make fun of this. [...]

By: rochesterturning.com: turning the tide upstate

rochesterturning.com: turning the tide upstate — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 18:17:35 +0000

[...] may have Maggie Brooks going on crazy crusades, but I’m sure glad I’m not in [...]

By: rochesterturning.com: turning the tide upstate

rochesterturning.com: turning the tide upstate — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 05:26:27 +0000

[...] Yep.Ãƒâ€šÃ‚ Although I kinda miss seeing this discussed in a post without Brooks’ face sandwiched between a Playboy cover and a Big Brother poster. [...]

By: J

Fri, 23 Feb 2007 17:09:52 +0000

Semirelated… I wonder if we’ll be deemed “inappropriate” under her new plan… we’ll see

By: ladkiddo

ladkiddo — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 12:38:09 +0000

She’s a poser, for sure. What hasn’t been followed through on, in the media, is that the library system needs MORE money to stay on top of this, not LESS!! I am on our local library board and, as with most public boards in NYS, we are constantly scrambling just to keep a roof over the shelves. This woman needs to be gone.

By: stlo7

stlo7 — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 04:56:45 +0000

It is difficult to bite the hand that feeds you or in this case gives you 75% of your budget..

By: stlo7

stlo7 — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 04:54:46 +0000

Yep. Maybe she is looking to take the 7.5 million as another 1-shot budget gap closure.

Great post

By: Thomas

Thomas — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 01:03:28 +0000

Just in time for the 2007 campaign season, a proven “scare and distract” issue guaranteed to divert public attention from real issues, like Republican corruption, and gin up the crazy-right base.

By: J

Thu, 22 Feb 2007 22:52:59 +0000

Thanks… She’s clearly put herself into a losing situation… Either she’s going to push a plan that’s going to waste money and not work (and get sued by the ACLU), or she’ll have to back off and continual to look uninformed and unrealistic.

By: sakredkow

sakredkow — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 22:23:57 +0000

What gets me is how fast the library scrambled to accomodate the local politico. Are you going to trust this library director and board of directors to protect your privacy if the feds give them a shove. Hey, blow on them, just a little, they apparently will collapse so fast your head will spin. Makes me sad.

By: optimusprime

optimusprime — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 22:23:02 +0000

Well written J. Big Kudos! Maggies’ rash decision is definitely politically motivated in order to boost her slumping popularity.

By: Exile on Ericsson St.

Exile on Ericsson St. — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 22:01:27 +0000

Me too. Great post!

By: bythepeople

bythepeople — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 21:42:02 +0000

Beats the crap outta the post I was gonna write.