They’re circulating a petition for registered voters across much of the Perry-Lecompton school district to try to get a referendum on the November ballot to create a library district. If the library could do that, it would be more than just an effort by a few volunteers. It would be eligible for grants from a regional library system that Perry and Lecompton residents already pay taxes to — and, one day, it might be able to more directly rely on tax money, like the Lawrence Public Library does.
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