Opening Ceremony for the Austin Central Library
Saturday, October 28, 2017
Mayor deviated slightly from his prepared remarks, which are below:
Welcome, Austin.
This day has been a long time coming. When I toured our new library last week, John Gillum, the facilities manager, told me that he began conceptualizing this new library way back in 1992. That’s back about the time Bruce Todd was Mayor of Austin. Major thanks go to Mayor Will Wynn, who championed this effort and envisioned how grand this building could be. Mayor Wynn fought successfully for the library bond election – and Mayor Lee Leffingwell ensured the city had the rest of the funds needed to build the library of the future our community wanted. Let’s give them a hand.
I look at back at all the hard work that got us here, and an interesting question comes to me: What’s the better job? To be the visionary who planted seeds that will flower for future generations? Or to be the lucky son-of-a-gun who gets elected right before that flower blooms. I think I got the better end of this deal. Continue reading