LIBRARIES
Fall 1995
I am going to read a list of Anne Arundel County government services. Please rate the value received for your tax dollar — Is it a Good Buy, an Okay Buy, or a Poor Buy.
SEE BELOW FOR LIBRARIES
|
Service |
Good Buy |
Okay Buy |
Poor Buy |
|
Anne Arundel Community College N=347 |
88% |
11% |
1% |
|
Public Libraries N=370 |
79% |
18% |
3% |
|
Fire Dept. N=374 |
79% |
19% |
2% |
|
Trash Collection N=369 |
72% |
24% |
3% |
|
Police Dept. N=373 |
68% |
27% |
5% |
|
Parks and Recreation N=371 |
63% |
31% |
7% |
|
Water and Sewer Services N=333 |
61% |
27% |
11% |
|
Senior Citizens Services N=267 |
61% |
30% |
9% |
|
Public Schools (K thru 12) N=328 |
56% |
31% |
14% |
|
Public Health Services N=260 |
52% |
40% |
8% |
|
Cultural Arts N=296 |
39% |
41% |
20% |
Spring 2000
|
Service |
Good Buy |
Okay Buy |
Poor Buy |
Don't Know |
|
Public Libraries N=428 |
81% |
15% |
2% |
2% |
Fire Dept. N=428 |
78% |
18% |
3% |
2% |
Anne Arundel Community College N-427 |
76% |
9% |
2% |
14% |
Trash collection and curbside recycling N=426 |
68% |
20% |
8% |
4% |
Police Dept. N=427 |
66% |
26% |
7% |
2% |
Recreation and Parks N=428 |
65% |
22% |
9% |
4% |
Public Schools (K thru 12) N=427 |
46% |
30% |
15% |
9% |
Water and Sewer Services N=427 |
46% |
28% |
15% |
12% |
Public Health Services N=425 |
40% |
32% |
7% |
21% |
Senior Citizens Services N=423 |
39% |
20% |
8% |
32% |
|
Road maintenance and repair N=426 |
35% |
37% |
27% |
2% |
Cultural Arts N=427 |
32% |
34% |
16% |
17% |
Planning and zoning services N=425 |
19% |
35% |
29% |
17% |
Spring 97
Some people believe that the County should try to find ways to cut back in some areas in order to provide more services elsewhere. I am going to read a list of government services. Please tell me whether County government should spend about the same amount, more, or less than it currently does on that area.
(See Below for Libraries)
|
Service |
Same |
More |
Less |
Don’t Know |
|
Schools N=447 |
19% |
72% |
5% |
4% |
|
Fire N=447 |
56% |
36% |
4% |
5% |
|
Police N=447 |
40% |
52% |
5% |
3% |
|
Roads N=447 |
52% |
29% |
15% |
5% |
|
Planning and Zoning N=447 |
38% |
15% |
38% |
9% |
|
Social Services N=447 |
39% |
28% |
25% |
8% |
|
Health Department N-446 |
46% |
32% |
14% |
8% |
|
Library N=446 |
56% |
31% |
10% |
3% |
|
Parks and Recreation N=446 |
57% |
28% |
12% |
4% |
|
Seniors’ Centers N=445 |
46% |
37% |
7% |
9% |
|
Environmental Oversight N=443 |
35% |
41% |
19% |
6% |
Spring 97
I am going to read you a list of County services. For each, please tell me whether you would support charging users of these services the following fees over and above current taxes to obtain a higher level of service.
|
Service |
Pay a Fee |
Won’t pay Fee |
Don’t know |
|
Charge a $200 fee on each family who sends their children to public schools N=450 |
26% |
70% |
4% |
|
Charge a $25 fee for fire and ambulance responses to your home N=450 |
62% |
36% |
2% |
|
Charge a $25 fee for police responses to your home N=450 |
41% |
56% |
2% |
|
Charge an additional yearly $25 driver’s license fee for road resurfacing N=448 |
27% |
71% |
3% |
|
Charge $2 for each library book checked out N=450 |
12% |
86% |
2% |
|
Charge a $5 technology fee at the Community College N=448 |
46% |
45% |
9% |
Spring 2004
Some
people believe that the county should try to find ways to cut back in some areas
in order to provide more services elsewhere.
I am going to read a list of government services.
Please tell me whether county government should spend about the same
amount, more, or less than it currently does on that area.
|
Service |
Same% |
More% |
Less% |
Don’t%
know |
Cases |
|
Libraries |
67% |
26% |
6% |
1% |
369 |
|
Fire |
43 |
53 |
2 |
2 |
370 |
|
Police |
35 |
60 |
4 |
1 |
370 |
|
Community college |
44 |
46 |
7 |
3 |
369 |
|
Roads |
49 |
43 |
6 |
3 |
369 |
|
Planning and zoning |
42 |
13 |
39 |
7 |
369 |
|
Social services |
43 |
34 |
17 |
5 |
368 |
|
Health department |
54 |
32 |
9 |
5 |
368 |
|
Public schools |
23 |
71 |
5 |
1 |
368 |
|
Parks and recreation |
57 |
26 |
16 |
2 |
368 |
|
Seniors’ services |
45 |
44 |
7 |
4 |
369 |
|
Environmental programs |
44 |
39 |
15 |
2 |
369 |
|
Average percentage |
46 |
41 |
11 |
3 |
Spring 2009
As county government prepares for the upcoming 2010 fiscal budget, it will consider how to cut spending. As I mention an area of spending, tell me whether spending should be reduced, kept the same or increased as government seeks to balance its budget.
|
Service |
Reduced % |
Kept the same% |
Increased % |
Don’t know% |
|
Libraries |
8 |
64 |
26 |
2 |
|
Fire department |
2 |
50 |
46 |
2 |
|
Police department |
5 |
41 |
53 |
1 |
|
The community college |
6 |
49 |
41 |
4 |
|
Roads |
10 |
51 |
39 |
1 |
|
Planning and Zoning |
29 |
49 |
13 |
9 |
|
Social Services |
16 |
45 |
35 |
4 |
|
Health Department |
13 |
46 |
34 |
6 |
|
Public Schools |
6 |
35 |
58 |
2 |
|
Parks and Recreation |
17 |
59 |
22 |
3 |
|
Seniors’ services |
7 |
52 |
39 |
3 |
|
Environmental Oversight |
18 |
47 |
31 |
4 |
Spring 2011
The state and county governments have had to tighten their belts to balance their budgets lately.
Have you observed any decreases in services as a result of this
belt-tightening
(1)
No 70%
(0) No answer
5%
(2)
Yes
26%
Program
or service mentioned
|
Circle |
|
Child services
(daycare
subsidies, juvenile justice) |
4 |
|
College
tuition
(higher tuition, harder to find classes) |
7 |
|
Fire
department, Emergency Medical Services
(salaries, staffing, response time, equipment) |
6 |
|
Library
services
(fewer hours, smaller collections, fewer publications available) |
15 |
|
Mental health
services (lower
availability, less access to medical services – medicine, appointments) |
1 |
|
MVA
(higher
documentation fees, registration fees) |
2 |
|
Police
(salaries, staffing, response time, equipment) |
6 |
|
Roads, mass
transit
(lack of maintenance, less frequent bus service, higher cost) |
24 |
|
Schools,
teachers
(salaries, school-based programs) |
19 |
|
Seniors
services
(fewer hours, less staff support) |
6 |
|
Staffing
problems within government (unspecified) –
office hours lessened, slower service |
4 |
|
Jobs/furloughs/salaries |
6 |
How satisfied are you with the
performance of the following local government entities: very, somewhat or
not very satisfied.
|
|
Level of satisfaction (very
satisfied, somewhat satisfied…) |
Have you had any direct contact within two years |
Is there a reason why you are not “very satisfied” with this unit? |
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|
|
Very % |
Somewhat % |
Not very % |
NA % |
Yes % |
No % |
Contact CSLI for details |
|
Fire Dept. |
87 |
8 |
1 |
3 |
42 |
58 |
|
|
Police Dept. |
67 |
21 |
8 |
4 |
45 |
55 |
|
|
Public libraries |
68 |
16 |
6 |
10 |
67 |
33 |
|
|
Public schools |
41 |
27 |
16 |
15 |
51 |
49 |
|
|
Permit application center - where building permits are obtained |
18 |
19 |
20 |
44 |
29 |
71 |
|
|
Dept. of Aging and Disabilities |
30 |
12 |
9 |
49 |
25 |
75 |
|
|
Deptartment of Health |
36 |
16 |
9 |
40 |
32 |
68 |
|
Spring 2015
Do
you agree or disagree with the following statements about
Maryland or Anne Arundel County:
|
|
Agree |
Disagree |
Unsure/NA |
|
Maryland has a very effective
transportation system. |
41 |
50 |
9 |
|
Maryland’s regulation of the
environment is too weak. |
43 |
44 |
13 |
|
Maryland
imposes too many regulations on businesses. |
56 |
25 |
19 |
|
Maryland
has a welfare system that is too generous and often abused. |
63 |
24 |
14 |
|
Maryland
is a good place in which to retire. |
25 |
69 |
7 |
|
The Chesapeake Bay is too polluted to swim in. |
61 |
27 |
12 |
|
Anne Arundel County has done an excellent job maintaining its
roads. |
32 |
63 |
6 |
|
Anne Arundel Community College provides excellent education at
low cost to county residents. |
75 |
5 |
20 |
|
By
providing free access to materials and programs, the public library
plays an important role in giving everyone a chance to succeed. |
89 |
6 |
5 |
Spring 2015
Do you support or oppose the following policies that might be considered by state or county government…
|
|
Support |
Oppose |
Unsure/NA |
|
Eliminate state taxes on police,
fire and military retirement income |
49 |
39 |
12 |
|
Repeal the automatic adjustment in
gasoline taxes linked to inflation and make the General Assembly have to
vote each time it wants to raise gasoline taxes |
76 |
18 |
7 |
|
Increase
tax breaks for those who contribute to private or religious schools |
36 |
54 |
10 |
|
Force
farmers to closely monitor and if necessary reduce their use of chicken
manure and reduce phosphorous pollution into the Chesapeake Bay |
74 |
17 |
10 |
|
Reduce the anticipated funding to the public schools in order to
balance Maryland’s budget |
21 |
71 |
8 |
|
Reduce state workers’ salaries to
help balance Maryland’s budget |
19 |
72 |
9 |
|
Close
local public libraries or reduce hours to save money |
18 |
79 |
3 |