Wll, since nobody's had any comment on my previous statement, I'll say it again, but perhaps a bit more bluntly:

I again invite you to look at a map of Jackson County, Oregon, and make note of the fact that the average distance between any town where there is a branch library and the next town where there is a branch library is about five miles! Well, if you ask me, that's too damned close! A major metropolitan area may need a library every five miles, but the total population of Jackson County is less than 200,000 people. They're maintaining and staffing one library building for every 13,000 people! I would bet money that the national average is closer to one building for every 40 to 50 thousand people. Close half of those fifteen branches and there'll probably be enough money to keep the system operating.