Since the settlement was announced, Gannon’s president has told the media, “With this settlement, it is reassuring to know that even those who opposed this project in the beginning support the additional Gannon programming agreed to in the settlement in the end,” he said.
As we have said many, many, many times, KOLP never opposed the project. We opposed the location. Full stop. And just because there is a settlement in place, doesn’t mean that our opinion on that has changed. It means that we saw a way forward for the library, the community, and taxpayers.
It’s also important to note that the settlement terms came from KOLP. When Gannon and the county executive had no compromises to offer, we were willing to take the case to trial. Any guardrails put in place and any contributions that Gannon now must make to the library in terms of programming were a result of ideas set forth by KOLP. One of those guardrails includes metrics to determine programming and attendance. It will be interesting to see if there is any data to back up the attendance claims that have been made to date by Gannon.
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