Luton Council closed Wigmore Library on 31.1.14 despite a petition of 10,000 and 72,000 visits a year, which they described as just signatures. This in a town with one of the lowest literacy rates in England. Strangely they closed no libraries in labour areas of town and opened two extra access libraries in labour areas, inc the constituency of the Deputy Labour leader, Sian Timoney.
At a meeting this week
Hazel Simmons, leader of the council said how sad she was
that Luton Culture were ceasing to operate 5 community centres and that the
council had no money. Therefore she said that they were going to hold a
consultation - another phony waste of time and money and an insult to the
residents' intelligence.
What she failed to say
was that the Council had instructed the Airport, which it owns, to reduce its
funding to the Trust. This is another example of discrimination against
Wigmore, which has no buses to the interchange or recycling.
PLEASE TRY TO ATTEND THE
MEETING OF THE EAST LUTON AREAS BOARD on Monday 14th March 2016 at Someries
Junior School, Wigmore Lane, Luton, LU2 8AH . Ward Forums 6.30pm to 7.30pm Area
Board starts at 7.30pm Please see librariesoflutonarise.com for films and
history of the lack of democracy by Luton Council.
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