Library administrators across the state are holding emergency meetings and hoping for the best after the Supreme Court ruled last week that a law forcing the Kanawha County Board of Education to fund its public library is unconstitutional.
“I think we’re all making plans for the worst-case scenario because right now, that’s the fiscally responsible thing to do,” said Pam Coyle, director of the Martinsburg-Berkeley Public Library.
Court case
West Virginia Supreme Court case mentioned in article is here:
http://www.courtswv.gov/supreme-court/docs/spring2013/11-1224and11-1486.pdf