Palin - proponent of banning books

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Registered: 07-30-2007
Palin - proponent of banning books
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Sun, 09-07-2008 - 9:46am

So what do you think?

Stein says that as mayor, Palin continued to inject religious beliefs into her policy at times. "She asked the library how she could go about banning books," he says, because some voters thought they had inappropriate language in them. "The librarian was aghast." That woman, Mary Ellen Baker, couldn't be reached for comment, but news reports from the time show that Palin had threatened to fire Baker for not giving "full support" to the mayor.

taken from the current article in time magazine, full article below:
http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1837918,00.html

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Registered: 08-24-2008
Sun, 09-07-2008 - 3:11pm

"While Sarah was Mayor of Wasilla she tried to fire our highly respected City Librarian because the Librarian refused to consider removing from the library some books that Sarah wanted removed. City residents rallied to the defense of the City Librarian and against Palin's attempt at out-and-out censorship, so Palin backed down and withdrew her termination letter."

 

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Registered: 07-05-2006
Sun, 09-07-2008 - 3:48pm

Can you point me in the right direction?

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Registered: 01-12-2004
Sun, 09-07-2008 - 5:58pm

"when a person in a government position is fired, they

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Registered: 03-19-2003
Sun, 09-07-2008 - 7:39pm
I know that because my husband worked on a local government board.
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Registered: 08-24-2008
Sun, 09-07-2008 - 10:49pm

Just to clarify, that was part of the Associated Content news service item (all that was in gold I quoted).

 

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Registered: 08-24-2008
Sun, 09-07-2008 - 10:57pm

~I was raised by a librarian and I find this disturbing.

 

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Registered: 02-22-2008
Sun, 09-07-2008 - 11:02pm

My mom (the retired

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Registered: 07-05-2006
Sun, 09-07-2008 - 11:08pm

Thanks for the clarification!


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Registered: 01-12-2004
Mon, 09-08-2008 - 8:58am
Well, the rules that apply to your local government do not necessarily apply to all local governments, state governments, or the Federal government.
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Registered: 03-19-2003
Mon, 09-08-2008 - 12:52pm
Based on what you also said....you don't know for sure the rules of the local Alaska government.