basic right, or taxpayer's privilege?

[dirtylibrarian]

High court weighing nonresidents' rights to check out library books.

Do you have a constitutional right to check out books from the library?

It bugs me when wealthy cities don't have libraries, but then get in a snit when they can't take advantage of what others pay taxes for.  We have a neighborhood not far from my work that is un-incorporated, wealthy, and refuses to pay taxes to support the libraries.  I hate that.  Sure, if you are that rich, you can just buy what books you need...but is it really so bad to improve the community in this way?

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[bookchick.livejournal.com]

And don't forget the county north of us that actually had a measure to cut the library completely because 'hey, that's what the internet and Amazon were for'! Fortunately, the people managed to realize just how insane that is...

But then, I wonder about people who don't want to pay property taxes, then complain about public schools being overcrowded and education standards falling....