by Lakeland News | Aug 5, 2022 | Intellectual Freedom, Library News, News, Patmos Library
JAMESTOWN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A western Michigan library faced an uncertain future Thursday after a flap over LGBTQ material on its shelves led to the failure of the renewal of a property tax millage that funds most of its budget. The Patmos Library in Jamestown...
by Lakeland News | Aug 5, 2022 | Intellectual Freedom, Library News, News, Patmos Library
JAMESTOWN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — The Patmos Library in Jamestown Township, south of Hudsonville, is in danger of closing following Tuesday’s failed library millage renewal. According to Larry Walton, the library’s Board of Trustees president, a small group has...
by Lakeland News | Aug 5, 2022 | Intellectual Freedom, Library News, News, Patmos Library
A Michigan town has voted to defund its tax-funded public library due to a fight that began over LGBTQ+ books. Jamestown Township, a historically conservative community in Ottawa County, Michigan, voted to defund Patmos Library on Tuesday, August 2. According to a...
by Lakeland News | Aug 5, 2022 | Intellectual Freedom, Library News, News, Patmos Library
A town in western Michigan voted this week to defund its library because it contained several books that featured LGBTQ themes. According to election results reviewed by Insider, Jamestown Township voted by a 25-point margin — 62.5% to 37.5% — to reject a proposal on...
by Lakeland News | Aug 5, 2022 | Intellectual Freedom, Library News, News, Patmos Library
A library in western Michigan is at risk of closing in the next year after town residents voted against a tax that would have funded 84% of the facility’s budget, following a fight over a book with LGBTQ+ themes on the library’s shelves. On Tuesday, people...
