All Posts Tagged With: "Douglas Hartman"

Letter: The last, best chance for the Sugar Grove Library

Finally, after four months of community outrage, the Sugar Grove Library Board has taken a turn toward restoring sanity to the precarious financial situation and acknowledging the possibility they made a mistake.

October 27th, 2011 | | Comments Off | Continued

SG Library Board votes in favor of mediation with former director

Measure opens the door to possible return of Hughes
SUGAR GROVE—The Sugar Grove Library Board at its meeting on Oct. 13 voted 4-3 in favor of mediation between board trustees and former library director Beverly Holmes Hughes.

October 21st, 2011 | | Comments Off | Continued

Letter: Dollars and (non)sense at the Sugar Grove Library

Three months after the Sugar Grove Library Board fired the respected director Beverly Holmes Hughes, why is the controversy continuing and growing? Why won’t the community just “move on”?

October 6th, 2011 | | Comments Off | Continued

Guest Editorial: Sugar Grove Public Library outrage will not go away

The turmoil at the Sugar Grove Library will not fade. Why, for over two months, does the outrage and unrest not only continue but grow?

September 22nd, 2011 | | Comments Off | Continued

Letter: A Legacy of shame

As many of you are aware, on July 14, the board summarily and without explanation fired the library director of 21 years, Beverly Holmes Hughes.

August 11th, 2011 | | Comments Off | Continued

Guest Editorial: Shame on Sugar Grove Library Board

by Douglas Hartman
Sugar Grove is a less-friendly, sadder place today. In a display of callousness more representative of a Mid-East autocracy than a Midwest community, the Sugar Grove Library Board summarily and without comment fired the Library Director, Beverly Holmes Hughes, on July 14.

July 28th, 2011 | | Comments Off | Continued

Letter: Sugar Grove Library in danger

The Sugar Grove Library is in danger from actions taken by its Board of Trustees. The board has failed to properly understand funding.

July 8th, 2010 | | 2 comments | Continued