Congress shall make no law …

The Board of Supervisors, as a body of elected officials, appears to be now coercing the library to ban books by using our tax money to do their bidding. That is exactly what the founders prohibited. Supervisor Oates can gaslight us by calling it temporary while they “continue to work in good faith” — to do what? Ms. Oates’s “good faith” outcome may not be another person’s. The fact is that another vote is now required to release that money, after what — those books are banned?

What is so sacrosanct about a few offensive works of fiction that their mere physical presence is worth fighting over? The publicity sells books. It gets kids and a few adults wondering what they’ve missed. Otherwise, they would have remained on a shelf unread until deaccessioned.

A librarian’s independent assessment of a book is of no relevance to me whether the ALA “approves” them or not. Why would parents substitute someone else’s opinion for their own? Take your kids by the hand and lead them to the nonfiction section, where they might learn something useful about the world they must live in. That act alone teaches appropriate behavior. You have the privilege to go elsewhere. You do not have the freedom to use my tax money for your censorship.

C.A. Wulf
Warren County

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