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Millage vote for Ottawa County library to return amid debate about LGBTQ+ books (WZZM 13)
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 was...
After uproar over LGBTQ books, Jamestown Twp. library board to try millage again in November (Holland Sentinel)
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...
In danger of closing over LGBTQ books, W MI library board votes to put millage back on ballot (WOOD TV 8)
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...
Michigan public library defunded over inclusion of LGBTQ+ materials (The Hill)
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.”...
‘Disappointed and devastated’: Library staff upset after 2 directors resign (Grand Haven Tribune)
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