Maintain the excellence of our libraries. Vote 'Yes' on Prop. 1.

Last year, Sno-Isle Libraries issued more library cards than any previous year in its history.

With 23 branches spread across Snohomish and Island counties — from Sultan to Oak Harbor, Edmonds to Darrington — this library system provides us with much more than access to countless books and periodicals. It also offers its communities a variety of useful services and resources that many are not aware of.

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Ninety-one percent of the money Sno-Isle Libraries depends on to provide these services comes from its operating levy, which must be renewed every eight years. The levy will again be on the ballot next month as Proposition 1, and there is no other option for its funding. Without it, the library system would be forced to make immediate cutbacks to books and services every year until its operating levy is restored.

This is not a new tax but a renewal of an expiring levy that was passed in 2018. The only time that the Sno-Isle Library levy did not pass was in 1988. It was passed the next spring and has passed each renewal since.

https://www.heraldnet.com/2026/07/16/editorial-maintain-the-excellence-of-our-libraries-vote-yes-on-prop-1/