Friends of the Library ask:
‘Is Kern County joining
a rush to the bottom with the Walmart management plan?’

By Patric Hedlund

Questions about whether the Kern County Board of Supervisors seeks to eliminate professional jobs and join a ‘rush to the bottom with a Walmart management plan’ for its libraries, with ‘minimum wage workers on food stamps,’ led the conversation at a meeting of the Friends…(please see below to view full stories and photographs)

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On Saturday, March 14 (above) Eric Rand and (right) Cliff Brunk with Friends of the Frazier Park Library discuss a proposed shift to for-profit library management.

The Frazier Park FOL, like those around Kern County, began studying the issues and making their voices heard last week.

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Alpine Lumber & Hardware
La Sierra Mexican Restaurant
Factory Direct Appliances
Ace Hardware / Frazier Park Lumber
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Big John’s Restaurant
Tecuya Feed
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Lebec
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Flying J Denny’s entrance
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Chevron Gas Station
Los Pinos Mexican Restaurant
Clinica Sierra Vista
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Ridge Route Antiques

Lake of the Woods
Midway Market
Mountain View Market
Mike’s Pizza Co.

Pinon Pines
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Pine Mountain Community
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Pine Mountain Pizza Co.
Cafe Silva Bella
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Gorman
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West Antelope Valley
Antelope Acres Market
Wee Ville Market
Centennial Market

This is part of the March 20, 2015 online edition of The Mountain Enterprise.

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