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Public raises library-content and student-protection concerns as supervisors approve several salary items
Summary
Dozens of residents addressed the board about alleged obscene materials in county libraries and demanded enforcement; supervisors discussed limits of county authority while approving a slate of salary and settlement items unanimously.
Dozens of residents spoke during the meeting’s public-comment period and during the board’s consideration of human-resources items to press the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors to take action over books they said expose minors to sexually explicit material.
Speakers repeatedly cited Arizona statutes that define minors and prohibit furnishing harmful material to them and urged the board to withhold or tie approval of salary increases to enforcement or removal of contested materials. Several public speakers named the county superintendent and county attorney and asked whether county officials had acted; one called for criminal accountability. Those claims and requests prompted repeated…
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