Community News
Library foundation will not have initiative on August ballot
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By Justine McGuire
Williamston Post staff writer
WILLIAMSTON – Recent developments have caused the Williamston Community Library Foundation to back off the plan to have its proposal for a new library building on the ballot this August. Wheatfield Township’s board of trustees continue to block the initiative by refusing to appoint a representative to the joint building authority. “We’re going to move a little bit more slowly but more carefully and strategically,” said Jack Helder, the foundation’s president. Helder said that the trustees of the township don’t think there is enough interest to make the cost worthwhile. To prove them wrong, the foundation plans to gather 200-300 signatures, which would be about a quarter of the township’s adult population.