Re: [LM_NET] OT: Sarah Palin defeated by principled Librarian in censorship dispute

[Sharon Lawler <smclawler@GMAIL.COM>]

Dear Rebecca,

Thank you for sharing.  I feel anything to do with censorship, regardless of
the parties involved,  is completely appropriate for the list.

Sharon M. Lawler
smclawler@gmail.com
Randolph Elementary
Bldg. 146 Harmon Drive
Universal City, TX 78148

"The Stone Age came to an end not for a lack of stone, and the oil age will
end, but not for a lack of oil." - Zaki Yamani, (chief architect
of OPEC)

On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 8:52 AM, Rebecca Reitz <rebreitz@aol.com> wrote:

>  Dear Librarians,
>
> Thought you might be interested in this news:
> When Sarah Palin became mayor she approached the librarian about banning
> some books. The librarian refused, the librarian was fired, the community
> supported the librarian, Palin backed down. See today's NYT article "Palin's
> Start in Alaska". (Excerpt below).
> ~~~~~
>
> Title: Palin's Start in Alaska: Not Politics as Usual
> Published: September 2, 2008 in the New York Times.
> Shortly after becoming mayor, former city officials and Wasilla residents
> said, Ms. Palin approached the town librarian about the possibility of
> banning some books, though she never followed through and it was unclear
> which books or passages were in question.
>
> Ann Kilkenny, a Democrat who said she attended every City Council meeting
> in Ms. Palin's first year in office, said Ms. Palin brought up the idea of
> banning some books at one meeting. "They were somehow morally or socially
> objectionable to her," Ms. Kilkenny said.
>
> The librarian, Mary Ellen Emmons, pledged to "resist all efforts at
> censorship," Ms. Kilkenny recalled. Ms. Palin fired Ms. Emmons shortly after
> taking office but changed course after residents made a strong show of
> support. Ms. Emmons, who left her job and Wasilla a couple of years later,
> declined to comment for this article.
>
> In 1996, Ms. Palin suggested to the local paper, The Frontiersman, that the
> conversations about banning books were "rhetorical."
>
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>
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>

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