<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Dear NEOhioPALers,<div><br></div><div>Please follow the links below to make your opinions known, and SAVE OUR LIBRARIES. <br><div><br></div><div>Kind regards,</div><div>Deb Magid</div><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a href="mailto:Director@heightslibraries.org">Director@heightslibraries.org</a></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">June 22, 2009 2:43:46 PM MDT</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a href="mailto:SMMSLT111@GMAIL.COM">SMMSLT111@GMAIL.COM</a></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Save Heights Libraries</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> </div><p>Dear Cleveland Heights-University Heights Library Community, </p><p><em>Please act now to save Ohio’s Public Libraries. </em><br> At a news conference on Friday, June 19, the Governor proposed a cut to state funding for public libraries by 50%. The state budget must be done by June 30.<br> This cut is in addition to the 20% reduction in funding that libraries have already experienced. <br><br> Even with your generous support through local library levies, our system is facing many difficult choices to balance our budget. This cut would result in significant service reductions for you and your family. <br> <a name="help" id="help"></a>Please contact your legislators today! Let them know what your library means to you!<br><br> <strong>Governor Ted Strickland</strong><strong> </strong><br> 614-466-3555 <br> <a href="http://www.governor.ohio.gov/Assistance/ContacttheGovernor/tabid/150/Default.aspx">http://www.governor.ohio.gov/Assistance/ContacttheGovernor/tabid/150/Default.aspx</a><br> <em>Fill in the contact form.</em><br> <br> <strong>State Senator Shirley Smith</strong><br> 614-466-4857<br> <a href="mailto:senatorsmith@maild.sen.state.oh.us">senatorsmith@maild.sen.state.oh.us<br> </a><br> <br> <strong>State Representative Barbara Boyd</strong><br> 614-644-5079<br> <a href="mailto:district09@ohr.state.oh.us">district09@ohr.state.oh.us<br> </a><br> <strong>House Finance Committee</strong><br> <br> <strong>Vernon Sykes- Akron area</strong><br> Phone: 614- 466-3100<br> Fax: 614-719-6944<br> <a href="mailto:district44@ohr.state.oh.us">district44@ohr.state.oh.us</a><br> <br> <strong>Senate Finance Committee</strong><br> <br> <strong>Dale Miller- Cleveland area</strong><br> Phone: 614-466-5123<br> <a href="mailto:SD23@maild.sen.state.oh.us">SD23@maild.sen.state.oh.us<br> </a> </p><div> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p align="center"><strong>Nancy S. Levin</strong><br> <strong>Director / Fiscal Officer</strong><br> <strong>Cleveland Heights-University Heights Public Library</strong></p> </blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>