<div dir="ltr">I guess as crazy as 2020 is : it has it's good surprises as well!!!! <div>Thank you Debbie and your entire team!!!!<br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma;font-size:13px">John A. Clexton</span><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma;font-size:13px">Library Director</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma;font-size:13px">Gladwin County District Library</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma;font-size:13px">402 James Robertson Drive</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma;font-size:13px">Gladwin, MI 48624</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma;font-size:13px">Phone:</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma;font-size:13px"><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=gladwin+district+library&rlz=1C1SQJL_enUS834US834&oq=glad&aqs=chrome.0.69i59l3j0j69i57j0.2457j1j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#" title="Call via Hangouts" style="font-size:small;color:rgb(26,13,171);font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif" target="_blank">(989) 426-8221</a><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma;font-size:13px">Email: <a href="mailto:jclexton@gcdl.org" target="_blank">jclexton@gcdl.org</a><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Sep 24, 2020 at 9:50 AM Patricia Braden via Michlib-l <<a href="mailto:michlib-l@mcls.org" target="_blank">michlib-l@mcls.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div></div><div>Great news! Thank you for sharing Debbie.</div><div><br></div><div>Patty<br><br>Patty Braden<br>Director, Romulus Public Library<br>11121 Wayne Road<br>Romulus, MI 48174<br>734-942-7589<br><a href="http://www.romuluslibrary.org" target="_blank">www.romuluslibrary.org</a></div><div><br></div><hr id="gmail-m_-6994468667262433864gmail-m_4241386545476307558zwchr"><div><b>From: </b>"michlib-l" <<a href="mailto:michlib-l@mcls.org" target="_blank">michlib-l@mcls.org</a>><br><b>To: </b>"michlib-l" <<a href="mailto:Michlib-l@mcls.org" target="_blank">Michlib-l@mcls.org</a>><br><b>Sent: </b>Thursday, September 24, 2020 8:52:43 AM<br><b>Subject: </b>[Michlib-l] $1M Increase to State Aid<br></div><div><br></div><div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:rgb(5,5,5)">Our shared advocacy efforts have been successful - we have excellent news to report to Michigan Libraries!!!!!
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:rgb(5,5,5)">The FY21 state budget reflects a $1,000,000 increase for State Aid to Libraries.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:rgb(5,5,5)">After watching the process unfold yesterday with the conference committee, the house and the senate working until late afternoon, the Governor's office issued a press
release yesterday evening stating: "The Michigan Legislature and the administration of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer have worked together to put a Fiscal Year 2021 budget in place that will soon become law. It is a budget that funds shared priorities such as education,
economic development, public health, public safety, and the environment." </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:rgb(5,5,5)">The Governor is expected to sign this budget into law in the coming days and it will become effective on October 1, 2020.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:rgb(5,5,5)">MLA will report more in today's edition of "Primary Source" newsletter.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;color:rgb(105,132,36)">Deborah E. Mikula</span></b><span style="color:black"></span></p>
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