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Longtime FNSB library commissioner resigns, warns Commission has been weakened
Summary
Robert P. Hannon’s resignation letter, read into the record, says he believes leadership has sidelined the Library and Literacy Commission and warns of political pressure that could lead to book bans or funding limits; commissioners responded by scheduling a work session to address priorities.
Robert P. Hannon, a longtime member of the Fairbanks North Star Borough (FNSB) Library and Literacy Commission, submitted his resignation and set out sharp concerns about the Commission’s future in a letter read aloud by Commissioner Paul at the Commission’s Sept. 10 meeting.
Hannon wrote that he had come to believe “the current library leadership regards the Commission as little more than an inconvenience” and said recent borough-wide changes to commission calendars and structures “have further diminished the vitality…
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