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Nov 22, 2008 11:32 pm US/Eastern

Protestors Rally To Save Philly Libraries

Reporting
Ben Simmoneau
PHILADELPHIA (CBS 3) ―  Protestors were seen outside libraries throughout Philadelphia Saturday afternoon to protest the planned city budget cuts.

With the Mayor's proposed cuts, 11 libraries in the city of Philadelphia will be closed, but some neighbors are refusing to give up.

Protestors held signs and rallied before seven libraries throughout the city in the hundreds, hoping to persuade the Mayor.


The Kingsessing Library on South Street is set to be closed. Kingsessing has been in Philadelphia since World War I and neighbors are crushed to hear they might lose a piece of the city's history.

"We need to have this library here because it means so much to this community," said rally coordinator Greg Benjamin.

Many of the protestors are hoping to compromise with the city by having the libraries be open only three days a week to save money.

"It's not perfect library service, but its shared sacrifice," said Amy Dougherty of the Friends of the Free Library.




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