Comments on: Berkeley Library Has Free Wi-Fi; Oakland Not So Much http://www.eastbayconservative.com/2008/06/22/berkeley-library-has-free-wi-fi-oakland-not-so-much/ Words from a Non-Leftist Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:53:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: maui http://www.eastbayconservative.com/2008/06/22/berkeley-library-has-free-wi-fi-oakland-not-so-much/#comment-1898 maui Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:59:20 +0000 http://www.eastbayconservative.com/2008/06/22/berkeley-library-has-free-wi-fi-oakland-not-so-much/#comment-1898 You say: "...Stick to Berkeley for services aimed at grown-ups." If you are not a grown up, and can't get to Berkeley, you better not look for a library in Oakland's San Antonio district. We don't even have a libary. This doesn't seem to be of any concern to either the City or the Library. They are busy with plans to build new library palaces, or to relocate the existing Eastmont mall library. Without children myself, this is not a personal priority. But my 7 year old neighbor asked for two things: A skate board park and a library. When a child makes a library a priority, how pathetic that the city can't do the same. You say: “…Stick to Berkeley for services aimed at grown-ups.”

If you are not a grown up, and can’t get to Berkeley, you better not look for a library in Oakland’s San Antonio district. We don’t even have a libary.

This doesn’t seem to be of any concern to either the City or the Library.

They are busy with plans to build new library palaces, or to relocate the existing Eastmont mall library.

Without children myself, this is not a personal priority. But my 7 year old neighbor asked for two things: A skate board park and a library.

When a child makes a library a priority, how pathetic that the city can’t do the same.

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