Tax District Petition Threatens to Close Pulaski Libraries

A petition to dissolve the taxing district that funds Pulaski County's public library system threatens to shut down what many see as one of the community's best assets, supporters of the library say. Those pushing the petition say the goal is not to close the libraries, but rather to set up a new board that would have to answer to elected officials for tax increases.

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Pulaski County residents approved a tax increase to build the new public library in downtown Somerset, shown here, which opened in 2008. Some people unhappy about a tax increase this year are circulating a petition that would result in dissolution of the library taxing district.