Tag: west florida library system

Following a week of back-and-forth over library funding during which city of Pensacola Administrator Bill Reynolds equated recent positions taken by Escambia County as “extortion,”…

The library system was a topic of discussion last time the Escambia County Commission met, and chances are it will be tomorrow as well. While…

Faced with a nearly $10 million budget shortfall, Escambia County commissioners today considered pulling funding—totaling $3.7 million—from the West Florida Library System. A few hundred…

After nearly three hours of discussion this morning supporter of the West Florida Library System have reason to celebrate. Quietly. “We are left cautiously optimistic,”…

According to Bette Hooten, president of the West Florida Library System, the regional collection of libraries are in “crisis mode.” “I cannot tell you how…