
What if there were no Swampscott public library, but instead the only library in town was at the high school and available to high school students only? If a Swampscott resident (me?) were to criticize that arrangement, and seek a library available to all (including high school students) it should not be seen as expressing any opinion whatsoever on the quality of work of the high school librarian. The high school librarian has been hired to serve the high school population. It's not his problem to worry about the rest of the town.
Of course, I'm making an analogy to our video production and cablecasting situation in Swampscott. The responsibility for our current situation regarding our access channels and video production lies with our Selectmen and Superintendents, past and present, who have set up the situation as it currently exists. Lets hope our current leaders can change things for the better in the near future so Swampscott television can be "out of the bottom 10 by 2010", to paraphrase Dr. Malone.
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