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Supervisors defend library reforms after public objections over book placement and parental choice
Summary
The board approved a bundled library-district package and heard public comments pressing for relocation of certain books and stronger parental-choice controls; supervisors and the county manager said staff are implementing changes and will present options to the board.
The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors approved item 135, a bundled library-district package, and heard multiple public speakers who pressed the board to move certain books from children's sections and to strengthen parental-choice controls.
Barbara Ratti told the board she had visited county libraries and said some titles in children's collections were "not normal" and urged that an identified teen health book be moved: "I encourage you to get…
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