“May I suggest a good book today – and a GREAT Obamacare healthcare insurance plan??”
Well having seen that the ALA had pledged local libraries to be in the Obamacare “sign up here” corps (like other “community organizers” like the discredited ACORN organization (where Obama was an instructor in Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals), unions, and other left leaning organizations whom, if I were a betting man, would have Voter Registration materials with the policies whispering “and remember which Party is giving you this free healthcare!” – yes, I am that cynical), I asked and received answers from two of my three Town Selectmen (Oh Gus? Still waiting). The only thing of note is that while ACORN (or its reconstituted and renamed chapters) will be getting paid for its solicitation of soon-to-be-healthcare-wards-of-the-State (and remember – Obamacare is getting School systems to recruit “the children” to badger their Parents to sign up), those 17,000 public libraries will be doing it for free on the local taxpayer property tax dime.
In responding, they said no from their standpoint but the final decision would rest with the town’s Library Trustees. So, I asked them, too! Do you think I’ve received an answer yet (emailed on 6/30)?
To the Gilford Library Trustees (Michael Marshall, Jennifer McLean, Kathryn “Kate” Bishop Hamel, Jack LaCombe, Daryl Thompson)
Good evening.
I am rather skeptical that the Town of Gilford has allocated any funds for a line item such as “Librarian Obamacare Outreach” or that any funds alloted for professional development would cover training in the 2,7000 pages of the Obamacare bill nor the 20,000 pages (+) of resulting regulations in order to be such a resource to the general public:
“The nation’s librarians will be recruited to help people get signed up for insurance under President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul. Up to 17,000 U.S. libraries will be part of the effort to get information and crucial computer time to the millions of uninsured Americans who need to get coverage under the law.
The undertaking will be announced Sunday in Chicago at the annual conference of the American Library Association, according to federal officials who released the information early to The Associated Press.
Libraries equipped with public computers and Internet access already serve as a bridge across the digital divide, so it made sense to get them involved, said Julie Bataille, spokeswoman for the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.”
Is it the case that Gilford Library staff will have their time taken up with this activity or participating with this Federal effort in any way?
Kindest regards,
-Skip
To be continued
