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
AMichigan town recently voted to remove most funding from a library after a fight over an LGBTQ novel that was available in the library. According to Bridge Michigan, voters in the Jamestown Township voted against a millage that was used to fund the Patmos...
by Lakeland News | Aug 5, 2022 | Intellectual Freedom, Library News, News, Patmos Library
Voters in Jamestown Township, Michigan rejected a ballot measure during the primary elections earlier this week to renew a property tax that funds the local library. The tax pays for 84% of Patmos Library’s $245,000 yearly budget. The failed measure means that the...
by Lakeland News | Aug 5, 2022 | Intellectual Freedom, Library News, News, Patmos Library
Jamestown Conservatives, a right-wing group in Jamestown Township, Michigan, is responsible for helping defund their public library. After a year-long battle with the Patmos Library, which has included the departure of the Library Director Amber McLain after a...
by Lakeland News | Aug 5, 2022 | Intellectual Freedom, Library News, News, Patmos Library
JAMESTOWN TOWNSHIP—What started as a fight over an LGBTQ-themed graphic novel may end with the closure of a west Michigan public library. Voters in Jamestown Township, a politically conservative community in Ottawa County, rejected renewal Tuesday of a millage that...
