The Question of Libraries
Text from an article in the Spokane, Washington "Spokesman-Review" about Matthew Lesko's campaign to keep the local Stevens County Library District from closing.

Library Dissolution Measure Defeated!
The proposal to dissolve the Stevens County Library district was defeated on election day by a vote of 5,282-to-2,822. ``We are absolutely thrilled to death,'' library trustee Janet Olson said. ``What I am hoping is that the libraries will become such a jewel to all the communities that it will become a ridiculous idea to dissolve anything that means education or opportunities for people.''

Why Libraries Are The Most Important Structures
In Our Information Society
Matthew Lesko's impassioned op-ed article which pleads the case for the importance of libraries in our information age.

Above, top: Matthew Lesko speaks at 4 Stevens County libraries. Bottom: Lesko speaks at a “Save the Library” Rally.