Help Save our LIbrary: Rally to Roll out the UnWelcome Matt for LS&S Saturday, Sept 16 at 10 am

LS&S corporation and equity owners to be focus of UN-welcoming activities

Library supporters will converge in front of the Escondido Public Library on Saturday, September 16 at 10-11am in a rally to oppose outsourcing our library to Library Systems and Services (LS&S), a Maryland-based corporation owned by an equity firm.

After reading how LS&S mis-managed operations and staff at an Oregon library (which they have operated for over 10 years) and with the looming vote on the part of the Escondido City Council to hand over our library to the same corporation, we knew we had to get our message out even more strongly.  Here is information that just surfaced about LS&S's record in Oregon.  The full report is here.

Members of the Save Our Escondido Library Coalition will ceremoniously remove the "existing" Welcome Mat in front of the library and replace it with Escondido's "One-and-Only Unwelcome Mat" specifically for the City Council's proposed library outsourcing company, LS&S.

Coalition members plan to show LS&S in no uncertain terms that we don't need them and don't want them here!   

Members will be on hand to distribute flyers and collect petition signatures during the rally.  There will also be the opportunity to make a small iPhone video and send to LS&S investors and management.

The library is located at 239 S. Kalmia Street, Escondido.   Bring your signs, neighbors, friends, family, and cellphones if you have one.

Over 3,000 people have signed a petition against the outsourcing.  They have been joined in opposition by the Board of Library Trustees, the Library Foundation, and the American Library Association. 

The rally is the next step in resistance to outsourcing our library! 

Please email SaveEscondidoLibrary@gmail.com  to be added to the Save the Escondido Library Coalition information list.  You can also visit On the Issue Escondido Indivisible

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About Save Our Escondido Library Coalition: The coalition was formed by local Escondido community groups and residents in response to the City of Escondido’s move to outsource the Escondido Public Library. The coalition seeks to educate themselves and the public and to provide a conduit for Escondido residents to voice their concerns.