Still lacking a director, Anchorage Public Library draws scrutiny over board discussion on 'inappropriate literature.'
The mayor has accused the Assembly of unfairly disparaging his nominees. Young said the Assembly refused to confirm Graham for “partisan reasons.
In response, Eledge told Tshibaka, “If we know about this, and we are proactive, instead of reacting when a group comes ready to blow the library up — and there are parents who are getting to that point — and so I just thank you so much for doing such a great presentation and then coming up with solutions that to me make a lot of sense.”
One advisory board member, Travis Gularte, said at the meeting he is worried that separating LGBTQ literature could have a harmful impact on youths questioning their sexuality, and compared the idea to racial segregation. “It’s not about whether you’re right or left, it’s about providing information to the public in an unbiased way,” Torgeson said.After Tshibaka gave the same presentation to the city’s Youth Advisory Commission, commission member Lily Spiroski resigned.
The mayor’s office also said that since Bronson took office, no one appointed to the positions of library director, acting director or deputy director has removed any material from the library’s shelves. “We just need to kind of know what we have, because we can’t keep everything,” Eledge said. “We’re going to have to start — have auctions — do something else with what we’ve got. But before we do that, I think we need to know what it is we have.”
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