Voters will decide whether to shutter one Washington county's only library after staff refused to remove books on race, LGBTQ and sexual topics that some community members objected to.
county's only library after staff refused to remove books on race, LGBTQ and sexual topics that some community members objected to.
Columbia County is a rural community of about 4,000 people, nestled in the southeastern side of Washington. Residents voted 70.3% for then-President Trump in 2020 in stark contrast to the state as a whole, which has long been a Democratic stronghold. Last month, library opponents submitted 163 signatures, enough to get a measure to dissolve the library district on the November ballot.
It's not clear how many of these complaints have been brought to library staff rather than simply circulating among community members. Brigham told Fox News the library has only received formal requests to relocate two books this year., and Washington is no exception. Attempts to remove books or restrict access to them in libraries have doubled since 2019, and the number of books targeted has increased more than 400%.
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