Comment by phendrenad2

The framing here seems intentionally deceptive. Nobody is "fighting off" a "takeover". It's more like the city is deciding between continuing to run the library itself, or contracting it out. Nor is the fact that the company is owned by private equity especially relevant, except in the general belief that things run by private equity are not very good. I think that the use of the term "takeover" isn't a mistake though, it seems like it's meant to make people think that private equity is somehow "buying out" the library and there's nothing anyone can do about it.