Submitted by Flashinglights0101 t3_10f8wpm in newjersey
Public libraries are one of few places in New Jersey where you can go and not spend a dime. There are many services and support systems Set up there to help everyone. The State should support services between state, county and local municipal libraries. Also, libraries are being used more often for meeting space so public conference rooms are important and a cornerstone of many communities.
rockmasterflex t1_j4vinzh wrote
Sure, Murphy can improve the state library system... but chances are all of the libraries you have ever been to were municipal or county ones.
And your local politics are WAY WAY WAY WAY WAY more important there.
Start at home and you'll immediately find the dysfunction. Your local government is likely preoccupied with 4 things (assuming you live in a suburb):
helping your school board get funding ("wont anybody think of the children!" virtue signaling)
NIMBY based rejection of affordable housing, power infrastructure improvements, revenue opportunities (like cannabis stores), and anything else that is generally good for the world and/or your town's budget but the folks in the 800k houses don't want.
complaining that the state should give them more money anyway just to exist. begging the state for additional money for deeply local issues. openly blaming the state for their problems if there is a party misalignment between state governor and local partisan govt *unless your local govt is sane enough to be nonpartisan
spending as much money on police as possible- despite your suburban crime rate being hilariously small- instead of teaching the residents how to lock their cars, doors, and not leave the keys inside them - but "tough on crime" is the easiest fucking virtue signal in existence