Escondido Indivisible

Now that the election is over and new leaders are installed, Escondido Indivisible, along with many other organizations and individuals in Escondido, will be working to restore our public library to public control as part of the Save Our Escondido Library Coalition. Please review the letters and action alerts. We will post as many of the reference materials here as we can. 8Jan2019 Letter on the problems with the LS&S contract and recommendations moving forward with the library. 7Jan2019 Letter…

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A new analysis out today shows just how badly the majority of the Escondido City Council mismanages city tax dollars.  While outsourcing the library ‘to save money’, the Council was subsidizing millions of dollars to a golf course that runs in the red.  It is also interesting how much worse the JC Resorts contract is with Escondido than with other cities for the same kind of services. The Mayor and Council apparently don’t know how to negotiate contracts which are…

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Please sign the New Library Petition  which states We, the undersigned, are calling for the creation of an independent library district that would remove all control of the library from the Mayor and City Council. Further, we will oppose any library bond until management of our library is returned to public control and a plan is in place to re-open an East Valley branch library. Click here to sign   

Today a filing was made for a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) by Alan Geraci on behalf of the Garretts to attempt to stop the imminent handover of our Library to LS&S planned for January 15th. Ex Parte Notice The hearing will be held at Superior court MONDAY, JANUARY 8TH AT 8:30 AM!    325 S. Melrose Drive Vista PLEASE ATTEND IF YOU CAN!  Here are the points and authorities Points and Authorities You can read the excellent declarations below. Roy Garrett…

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MEDIA RELEASE_Lawsuit filed against Escondido for Outsourcing Library   And a Fact Sheet about the filing Escondido Library Outsourcing Lawsuit Fact Sheet

If you do not follow A Blue View for Escondido you should.  Insightful, accurate reporting done here. Blog Post on Library Outsourcing A very poorly negotiated, bum deal for Escondido, a very good deal for Maryland based LS&S. Leave a reply The decision was to be expected, even Councilman Mike Morasco’s change to a yes vote, but I was still left profoundly sad. Not the despair I felt when enough Americans were fooled into voting for the complete AH Trump to…

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We are grateful to Ms. Catherine Shaw for sharing her perspective and experience with the LS&S operation in her community.