by Lakeland News | Aug 9, 2022 | Intellectual Freedom, Library News, News, Patmos Library
An Ottawa County library will ask voters for funding for a second time, in November, after residents in this small town voted last week to reject a millage because of the continued presence of LGBTQ-themed books on library shelves. The library board voted Monday...
by Lakeland News | Aug 9, 2022 | Intellectual Freedom, Library News, News, Patmos Library
OTTAWA COUNTY, MI – A message was delivered from Jamestown Township residents to Patmos Library board members Monday night — keep the library open. But a failed millage at the Aug. 2 election, surrounded by a resident-driven campaign to remove LGBTQ materials...
by Lakeland News | Aug 9, 2022 | Intellectual Freedom, Library News, News, Patmos Library
In Ottawa County, voters in Jamestown Township will have another chance to decide funding for a library, after a unanimous vote Monday night by the library board. The millage to fund the library failed in the August primary. Monday’s meeting at Patmos Library...
by Lakeland News | Aug 9, 2022 | Intellectual Freedom, Library News, News, Patmos Library
Following a resounding failure of its operating millage renewal last week, the Jamestown Township library board voted Monday, Aug. 8, to ask voters to fund the library again in November. This will mean a tight turnaround, as language to get on the November ballot is...
by Lakeland News | Aug 9, 2022 | Intellectual Freedom, Library News, News, Patmos Library
A West Michigan library board has voted to put a millage back on the November ballot after voters turned it down over LGBTQ books. The Patmos Library Board of Trustees voted unanimously during its Monday meeting. On Aug. 2, voters rejected the millage for the...
by Lakeland News | Aug 8, 2022 | Intellectual Freedom, Library News, News, Patmos Library
Voters in a Western Michigan township last week chose to defund their public library after a campaign organized by a conservative community group argued that a display of books showcasing LGBTQ+ characters and stories was “grooming children for sexual exploitation.”...
