Residents lament Dallas public library closures on citywide furlough day

Dallas enacted the first of three mandatory furlough days on Friday, and residents hoping to spend summer hours at public libraries were disappointed to find them closed.July 10 Dallas furlough daySeveral Dallas buildings, services and utilities were closed July 10, the first of three scheduled unpaid furlough days the city has scheduled. Offices and facilities that were closed included Dallas City Hall, public libraries, and cultural centers."I was bummed"Several Dallas residents who regularly use public libraries for various reasons were disappointed to find them closed due to the furlough day."It's somewhere convenient where you can do your homework, or do a class online, or get documents and stuff done," Sylvester Harris, who uses the library to complete online courses, tells FOX 4's Lori Brown."I'm really in a crunch today."Jacqueline Chacon regularly comes with her two children to the library."I was bummed. So my son, David actually, he has autism. So the library has a lot of thi