Library display and youth access prompt heated public comment; board points to existing forms and restricted-access card
Several residents urged the Citrus County library board to limit children’s access to certain materials and to allow a Charlie Kirk display; speakers clashed over neutrality and media bias. Board members and staff pointed to a restricted-access card, recent age adjustments for the young-adult section and library collection-development policy and forms as the established process for handling requests or objections.
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Public comment at the Citrus County library advisory board meeting focused heavily on a prior controversy over a proposed Charlie Kirk display and broader concerns about age-appropriate materials in library collections.
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