Protestors flock to City Hall in defense of city libraries

    By: Tom MacDonald

    About 60 noisy protestors gathered at Philadelphia City Hall last night. They say Mayor Michael Nutter is in contempt of the people’s court for refusing to keep all the city’s libraries open. WHYY’s Tom MacDonald reports the group put on some street theater to get their point across.

    By: Tom MacDonald
    tmacdonald@whyy.org

    About 60 noisy protestors gathered at Philadelphia City Hall last night. They say Mayor Michael Nutter is in contempt of the people’s court for refusing to keep all the city’s libraries open. WHYY’s Tom MacDonald reports the group put on some street theater to get their point across. [audio: reports20090114protestors.mp3]

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