Updated: Friday, 02 Jul 2010, 11:43 AM CDT Published : Monday, 28 Jun 2010, 9:53 PM CDT Update: Read the response from Chicago Public Library Commissioner Mary A. Dempsey>> Chicago - They eat up millions of your hard earned tax dollars. It's money that could be used to keep your child's school running. So with the internet and e-books, do we really need millions for libraries? Libraries are quiet havens for the community. They take us to other worlds. They even make us laugh.