by Lakeland News | Aug 8, 2022 | Intellectual Freedom, Library News, News, Patmos Library
The Authors Guild deplores the defunding and potential closure of the Patmos Public Library in Jamestown Township, Michigan. We were both outraged and saddened to learn that Jamestown Conservatives—a local Christian conservative group—has waged a public campaign...
by Lakeland News | Aug 8, 2022 | Intellectual Freedom, Library News, News, Patmos Library
A group of concerned residents launched a campaign to stop a millage proposal from passing that would have funded Jamestown Township’s Patmos Library. The millage was voted on during the primary election on Tuesday, Aug. 2 and failed to pass by a rather large...
by Lakeland News | Aug 8, 2022 | Intellectual Freedom, Library News, News, Patmos Library
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 been protesting outside...
by Lakeland News | Aug 8, 2022 | Intellectual Freedom, Library News, News, Patmos Library
A library in western Michigan will likely have to close its doors after a group of residents voted against the renewal of a property tax millage that funds most of its budget. On Tuesday, Jamestown Township residents voted to effectively defund the Patmos Library over...
by Lakeland News | Aug 5, 2022 | Intellectual Freedom, Library News, News, Patmos Library
JAMESTOWN TOWNSHIP, Mich. – 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...