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

[anne_t_squires]

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> Alla:
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> I agree that it is not completely correct. I do disagree from your 
> links though that it is completely false either.
> 
> She asked to have some books banned, or am I misunderstanding? It is 
> just that librarian appeared to be strong enough to say no to a mayor 
> and mayor decided not to push. I mean, what else her question could 
> mean?
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> The fact that she asked, is enough for me, frankly. Unless as I said 
> I am misunderstanding your link to politico.
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Anne Squires:

Let me reiterate that I am not a Palin supporter.  I just don't think
this story is correct.  I think the proverbial mountain has been made
out of a mole hill.  As noted, the incident was in 1996.  We all know
that the HP books which are on the list had not even been published in
1996. That fact in and of itself puts the entire story in a very
questionable light, IMHO.  Someone, somewhere did not check their facts.

>From what I understand (and I admit I could be wrong about this)
citizens have the right to challenge/question what is in a public
library since their tax dollars support the library.  Apparently some
citizens had complained about some of the books.  As mayor, Palin had
to ask about the matter.  She had to ask the librarian about her
position.  She was looking into the matter on behalf of some citizens.
>From the article, it looks like the discussion was at a town meeting
or a city council meeting. I know that in my city all kinds of matters
are brought before the mayor and the council.  I can easily envision a
similar discussion taking place here.  At which point it would behoove
the mayor to ask the librarian about it as a matter of course as part
of investigating the matter.  If the mayor asked the librarian to
clarify his/her position and then gave hypothetical examples of
potential books I would not be overly alarmed, especially if the books
were not removed from the library.  It's the mayor's job to look out
for the interests of all the citizens, not just the politically
correct ones.

>From what I understand the librarian in question was later asked to
resign by Palin; but that was totally unrelated to this issue. 
Apparently the two incidents have been connected on the internet. But,
as I said, supposedly the two are unrelated.

Anne Squires (who really does not know very much about the issue-- who
just thinks it's something that has been overly exaggerated)