list of books Sarah Palin wanted removed from the library - sigh

[anne_t_squires]

 "susanmcgee48176" <Schlobin at ...> wrote:
>
> Books Mayor Sarah Palin tried to remove from Wasilla library
> 
> */_This information is taken from the official minutes of the
> Wasilla Library Board.
> _/When the librarian refused to ban the books, Palin tried to get
> her fired.*
Snip of list of books

Anne Squires:

I don't support Palin; however, I think (and I'll admit that I am not
an expert on this) that this is an instance where something has been
reported as "fact" and passed on and on, when the "fact" was not true
in the first place.  From what I gather the librarian was asked if she
would consider removing some books from the library shelves.  The
librarian said "no."  Pretty much end of discussion.

This is from a post on librarian.net

http://www.librarian.net/stax/2366/sarah-palin-vp-nominee/

As expected, the rumor is false:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0908/13084_Page2.html

>From Politico:

`In 1996, according to the Frontiersman, Wasilla's library director
Mary Ellen Emmons said Palin asked her outright if she could live with
censorship of library books. Emmons said, "This is different than a
normal book-selection procedure or a book-challenge policy. 
 She was
asking me how I would deal with her saying a book can't be in the
library." Palin said in response, "Many issues were discussed, both
rhetorical and realistic in nature." [Frontiersman, 12/18/96]`

There was no threat, there were no banned books. Constituents
complained, she asked, and she was answered.

There's a list circulating on the Internet claiming to be the list of
books Palin asked to be banned. It's a fake; some of the books on the
list had not even been published in 1996 when this incident occurred.
The list is from http://www.adlerbooks.com/banned.html, and is a list
of all books that have ever been banned anywhere in America.