A Question of Giving

There is more than meets the eye going on at the Rogers Public Library Foundation, or at least a lot of details to discuss by the looks of these two articles from the Morning News and the Daily Record (if you have a subscription). Maybe it's too early to say who's right and who's wrong. Certainly the mayor is not immune to rash judgments, but that does not make his every judgment without merit.

I offer this solution for the time being, at least until these issues are resolved. Those wishing to donate can give to the ever-popular Friends of the Library, which pays rent for its bookstore but has employed not one solitary employee.

There is also another, seemingly obvious alternative. The Rogers Public Library will take donations directly, which bypasses any organizations trying to inflate its donation proportions by dipping needlessly into its endowment.