“Anchor Tenants”

Included in the discovery in our lawsuit is a text message exchange between the president of Gannon and the county executive where the county executive refers to the library and the Maritime Museum as “anchor tenants”–like Boscov’s or Macy’s at the mall. In other words, the building that Dr. Blasco envisioned and built as his legacy for the community specifically for the library and the museum is nothing more than a rental property to the county executive, and they are only tenants. Is he looking to add or replace “tenants”? That remains to be seen, but it does give one pause. The Blasco Memorial Library is the home of the library and the museum–they aren’t just tenants.

Here’s the link referenced in the exchange: PA Historical and Museum Commission ends association with Flagship Niagara League

“I believe in libraries because most students don’t have any money. When I graduated from high school, it was during the Depression and we had no money. I couldn’t go to college, so I went to the library three days a week for 10 years.”

~Ray Bradbury