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Whitewashed
history
Editor, the Journal,
Mr. Anvik’s Nov. 12th letter, with
helpful reminders on gun rights, ig-
nores the 500-pound elephant in the
room. President Donald TrUmp lost
the election. President Trump’s refus-
al to concede speaks to his low morals
and traitorous intentions. It seems
like he’s now verging on dementia.
Realty checks are not registering.‘
My ancestors came to America on
the Mayflower (John Howland, Eliza-
beth Tilley, Capt. John Tilley). I’m
11th generation American. Mr. Anvik
states: “When the Constitution was
enacted, the frontier was an unsafe
place, with both animal and human
invaders.” Earth to Mr. Anvik: We
were the invaders. And that’s not
even the worst of the truths that have
been whitewashed by American his-
torians.
One last thing President Donald
Trump is the epitome of insulting,
hateful language and you, Mr. Anvik,
are a fan?
Karen Skinner
Shelton
Correcting
misinformation
Editor, the Journal, I
RE: Former trustee letter to the
editor, Nov. 19, 2020
This Q&A is intended to provide
additional information and context in
response to a letter you received from
a former trustee concerning the Tim-
berland Regional Library (TRL).
Question: Did administrative sala-
ries increase from 2019 to 2020?
Answer: Yes. TRL completed an
organizational Classification and
Compensation Study in 2019 by an
outside consultant. The results of that
study showed that the majority of
TRL staff members were being paid
below market and administrative po-
sitions were reclassified and received
new salary ranges. Existing members
of administration tookon additional
responsibilities and, in most cases,
vacated administrative positions were
not filled. TRL saw a savings of more
than $500,000 in salaries and benefits
by consolidating the work of nine (9)
administrative positions into six (6)
administrative positions.
Question: The TRL Board of Trust-
ees were unaware of these salary
changes?
Answer: This is not true: The
Board of Trustees were made aware
of changes well before they occurred.
See the timeline about the 2018- '
2020 Classification and Compensa-
tion Study. The Board of Trustees
approved the salary increases for
all staff, including administrative
positions, at the Dec.18, 2019, board
meeting.
Question: Did administration get
raises in a pandemic?
Answer: The salary changes were
approved pre-pandemic.
Question: Did one member of ad-
ministration get a 23 percent raise
from 2019 to 2020?
Answer: Not exactly. This indi—
vidual’s salary has increased in a new
position. The position they held previ-
ously was in a different classification
and salary range than the position
they are now holding.
Question: Are you planning to close
libraries?
Answer: No. We have no plans or
proposals to close any of our libraries.
In fact, we are adding three (3) ad-
ditional service points and beginning
mobile services (bookmobiles) in 2021
to increase community engagement.
We are staffing these services with
existing staff.
Question: Will we start getting
fewer new books?
Answer: Any delays in receiving
new materials is a direct result of
US. printing and distribution issues
and the pandemic. Our materials
budget is getting an increase in 2021
which will result in more materials,
not fewer, for our patrons to access
both digitally and physically. Our
goal is always to provide the widest
access with our limited resources and
to bridge the digital divide for patrons
wherever they may be located in our
five counties.
Question: Will the libraries be open
fewer hours?
Answer: We have no plans to re-
duce the hours our libraries are open.
Quite the opposite, in fact. We are
asking for Board approval to fund ac-
cess controls which will increase the
security of our libraries and their con-
tents. Our McCleary Library has been
successful using expanded access
hours for almost two years and we
would like to implement this service
in additional libraries.
Question: Are you planning to go
out for a levy lid lift?
Answer: The Board of Trustees has
not made a decision to pursue a levy
lid lift. ‘
Timberland Regional
Library administration
For right thinkers
Editor, the Journal,
This letter is for those who still
think on their own instead of letting
the mainstream media do their think-
ing for them.
For those who saw the video of
Joe Biden bragging about getting a
proseCutor fired for investigating his
son Hunter Biden to a group of people
who laughed about it. This was with
President Barack Obama’s blessing,
as Joe pointed out.
Can you imagine the reaction if
that had been Vice President Mike
Pence bragging abOut getting a pros-
ecutor fired with President Donald
Trump’s blessing for investigating one
of his relations?
Oh, the hue and cry of righteous
indignation and of course immediate
impeachment proceedings.
But not the same for good old Joe,
that pillar of integrity. The main-
stream media doesn’t even mention
it let alone show the video. They
most likely would deny it exists even
though I’ve seen it about four times.
Anyway, what do they do to good old
Joe, they nominate him for president.
Just one example of the hypocriti-
cal double standard liberals live by.
Ralph E. Aldrich
Shelton
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