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Library critics, supporters clash over shelving guidelines and staffing at Columbia County meeting
Summary
Speakers at the Aug. 5 meeting debated the county's library shelving guidelines, staffing changes and program cuts; commenters argued both for content neutrality and for age‑appropriate shelving and controls.
Multiple speakers at the Aug. 5 Columbia County commission meeting addressed new library shelving guidelines and staffing reductions, producing sharply divergent accounts.
Priscilla Bents spoke to distinguish sex‑education materials from obscenity and urged the board to retain age‑appropriate educational materials in library collections. Marlena Bergeron urged protection of wetlands and also praised recently passed age‑appropriate guidelines; she criticized what…
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