Jerry King is a cartoonist. He has received the National Cartoonists Society Magazine Gag Cartoon Award for 2001 and was nominated for their Gag Cartoon Award and Magazine Gag Cartoon Award for 2002. (wikipedia)
We just figured we'd get along without it for now.
The city has lots of stores that sell it, and it sells well.
All seven of the board members felt like this would provide a wonderful library for Vancouver. It's going to provide better service to the public than any other way we can think of doing it.