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Citrus County commissioners direct staff to craft library-display policy after heated public debate
Summary
Following hours of public testimony and board debate over the role of the county in library display decisions, the commission asked staff to merge a commissioner-drafted policy with existing library policy, remove an outside-group application path, and return with a revised policy for review.
Residents, library advisory board members and commissioners engaged in an extended discussion about a proposed county policy governing displays in branch libraries, a subject that drew repeated public testimony and divergent views on governance and free-speech risks.
Commissioner Jeff Kennard proposed a policy intended to keep library displays focused on the library’s mission — literacy, education and community enrichment — and to limit politicized or…
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