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UPDATED: 10-20-23

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Letter to the editor:

The Mercer County District Library is already getting piles of money from the State of Ohio, but they are asking for more. They want your money today. Will you vote to give it to them?

This is the same library that has supplied kids with books about anal sex, “hand jobs,” “fingers in bu**holes,” “d*cks.” It’s the same library that was caught featuring books with graphic illustrations of men engaged in sexual acts, detailed descriptions of high schoolers’ sexual adventures, and drawings of genitals. It’s the same library that featured a book for youth with drawings of people engaged in oral sex. The list goes on and on and on.

Now, it might be different if they had truly been responsive to those who went to them with concerns. But if you asked any of those people, including myself, what they would tell you is that the director of the library and the library board have resisted us nearly every step of the way. In the midst of this controversy, instead of creating policies to address the problem, they created a policy to restrict parents and community members and limit their input!

Apparently, the director of the library and the library board have an agenda to expose children to sexual content and they regard anyone who gets in their way as a nuisance. This will be obvious if you listen to the audio recordings of board meetings. They hold the citizens in contempt and are fond of reminding us that they are the professionals.

Last week, I interviewed a professional librarian who upon examining some of the books our library had made accessible to children called them, “sexually-explicit how-to manuals for engaging in illegal behavior.” This is a man who ran a large library in Chicago and he was appalled by what our local library has made available to kids. Folks we have a problem and if the levy passes, we are only rewarding this behavior.

Here is the link to my interview with Guy Platter:
https://youtu.be/mTDvcz-DeIg?feature=shared

Hanz Meier