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Smyrna resident urges independent probe after library director alleges board chair pressured book removals
Summary
At the Smyrna council workshop, resident Paul Adams alleged the Rutherford County Library Board chair pressured the director to remove books and sought patron data, and he asked the town council to call for an independent investigation.
Paul Adams told the Smyrna Town Council during public comment that he is concerned by recent reports that the Rutherford County Library Board chairman, Cody York, pressured Library Director Lou Ann James to remove books and sought personal information about library users.
"She reported that he checked out books long enough for them to be marked as lost and then push for these lost titles to be removed," Adams said, and he added…
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