Southport, CT: Pequot Library Has 100% of Their Public Funding Cut, Might Be Forced to Close
From News 12 Connecticut:
The head of the Pequot Library says the historic landmark could soon be forced to shut down.
Town officials voted 5-4 last night [Tuesday] to cut 100 percent of the library’s annual $350,000 grant, which amounts to about one-third of its funding. Library officials say the rest is raised privately, but there’s no way they would be able to make up an annual shortfall of that much money.
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First Selectman Mike Tetreau told News 12 Connecticut today that the Board of Finance made a terrible decision and he plans to use all of his power to get it reversed at the Representative Town Meeting on April 22.
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