Chicago Public Libraries To Reopen Mondays

Chicago News Cooperative:

After shutting down library branches on Mondays earlier this month, Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced Saturday that he planned to re-open them on Monday afternoons for most of the year and all day on Mondays when schools are not in session.

Emanuel had blamed the closures on the city's budget woes and an impasse with the library employees' union. Discussions with union leaders had not led to a resolution, but aides to the mayor said they had scrounged up about $2 million to staff the libraries on Mondays after all.

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Comments

[Romano54]

02:27 PM on 01/22/2012

If there is no crisis, create one. Then our hero swoops in to save the day, championing the cause of good in spite of the union villains! I suppose the negative publicity was not worth the 2 mil.

[ChiGuy]

11:34 AM on 01/23/2012

So, a $600 million plus budget shortfall is a crisis Emanuel created? I see.

[Romano54]

12:19 PM on 01/23/2012

Wow! Did he cause that?

[ewd4610]

10:46 AM on 01/22/2012

Waffle waffle. Oh look we just found 2 miilion dollars just sitting here doing nothing. I wonder if Rahm left any pocket lint on it.