▁who ▁supported ▁this ▁le vy ," ▁library ▁Director ▁Jeff ▁W ink le ▁said ▁after ▁the ▁election ▁results ▁came ▁in . ▁" We ' re ▁looking ▁forward ▁to ▁getting ▁back ▁to ▁full ▁services ." " ▁ ▁El ▁Pas o ▁County ▁Library ▁When ▁El ▁Pas o ▁County , ▁Texas ▁faced ▁a ▁$ 2 0 ▁million ▁short fall ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁the ▁manager ▁of ▁the ▁county ▁library ▁in ▁the ▁small ▁town ▁of ▁Fab ens ▁reduced ▁her ▁budget ▁by ▁ 3 1 %. ▁ ▁M embers ▁of ▁the ▁Commission ers ' ▁Court ▁saw ▁this ▁decrease ▁as ▁ins u fficient , ▁voting ▁to ▁close ▁the ▁library ▁in ▁August ▁ 2 0 0 4 . ▁ ▁Upon ▁hearing ▁the ▁news , ▁the ▁local ▁library ▁collect ive , ▁EP AL ▁( El ▁Pas o ▁Area ▁L ibr aries ) ▁met ▁to ▁organ ize ▁a ▁library ▁support ▁r ally . ▁ ▁They ▁used ▁the ▁A LA ▁( American ▁Library ▁Association ) ▁“ Save ▁America ’ s ▁L ibr aries ” ▁tool kit ▁and ▁followed ▁the ▁model ▁r ally ▁ag enda ▁to ▁plan ▁the ▁event . ▁The ▁r ally ▁was ▁held ▁in ▁the ▁Fab ens ▁Middle ▁School ▁c af eter ia . ▁ ▁Over ▁ 5 0 0 ▁people , ▁representing ▁all ▁ages ▁and ▁background s , ▁attended ▁including ▁the ▁three ▁county ▁commission ers . ▁The ▁r ally ▁was ▁covered ▁by ▁nearly ▁all ▁El ▁Pas o ▁area ▁media ▁out lets . ▁Cit iz ens ▁spoke ▁out ▁about ▁their ▁support ▁for ▁their ▁library , ▁including ▁ 1 5 -