| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Do the Council really have a choice with Ealing's libraries? | |
| Posted by: | Simon Hayes | |
| Date/Time: | 18/07/19 19:46:00 |
| Well, Rupa was lucky enough to benefit from a privileged private education so the local library wasn't perhaps high on her list of childhood hangouts. Sadly, there are a lot of children in the borough for whom the library is a valuable asset and the first step on a pathway to learning. There is no political will in Ealing to actually make this borough a 'better place to live'. Not unless it involves building bike lanes and putting punitive stealth taxes on motorists. Yes, the Tory cuts have had an effect and it's a disgrace that they have washed their hands of local government in more ways than one, but not everything can be laid at the door of No 10. Ealing is an affluent borough in comparison to much of London. There is money sloshing about for other projects. One person I have debated this with argues that libraries are just providing for people's hobbies, much like owning a horse, so the council shouldn't be expected to fund them. By that token the Council should not be funding museums or places like Pitzhanger Manor, and should certainly have had no involvement in the (eventual) building of a cinema in the borough. There will be a big influx of people into Ealing in the next few years, if all these huge towers are built, yet this Council seems to think that it's not necessary to ensure the infrastructure is there to turn that population into a community. A comedy festival or a cinema isn't enough! |