[www.coloradoan.com]

The official resolution the town board passed Tuesday night defines the Wellington Public Library's mission "to serve and reflect every member of our community in an enlightened, democratic, and unified approach."

It also stipulates the board cannot "censor, suppress, remove, monitor or place age restrictions on ideas or information in our public library."

..."The vision of the Wellington Public Library is to promote curiosity, knowledge and exploration while fostering a safe and inclusive place for our community," said RossLaGenèse, Wellington Public Library's director, in a statement emailed to the Coloradoan. "The library is grateful for the support from our Mayor, Board of Trustees, and community to continue the library’s mission of providing access for all."

Thought it would be nice to post something about a local government promoting speech and an informed/educated electorate for once.

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The right wing censors don't care about places like Wellington, there only interest is in commanding a presence in places they can dominate and there are more of those than there are of Wellingtons.

Well, that well intentioned spirit didn't take long to get stomped on.

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All you can do, is all you can do.

There’s trouble — it's time to play the sound of my people.

Your boos mean nothing to me, I've seen what you cheer for.

Insisting on your rights without acknowledging your responsibilities isn’t freedom, it’s adolescence.

I've been to the edge of the map, and there be monsters.

We are a government of laws, not men.

Everybody counts or nobody counts.

When a good man is hurt,
all who would be called good
must suffer with him.

You and I have memories longer than the road that stretches out ahead.

There is no safety for honest men except
by believing all possible evil of evil men.

We don’t do focus groups. They just ensure that you don’t offend anyone, and produce bland inoffensive products. —Sir Jonathan Ive

An armed society is a polite society.
And hope is a lousy defense.

You make me pull, I'll put you down.

I *love* SIGs. It's Glocks I hate.

This more to your liking?

This month, in Boise, Idaho, one of the top 5 reddest states in the country, Steve Schmidt, an incumbent member of the Boise Board of Education, was up for re-election. An engineer, Schmidt was well-liked in a city that Trump won with 73% of the vote.

But Schmidt was endorsed by a local, far-right extremist group called the Idaho Liberty Dogs. Citizens in Boise called upon him to reject the endorsement from this mob — which had led a campaign against the local library, calling their LGBTQ+ and sex ed materials “smut-filled pornography.” The Idaho Liberty Dogs showed up at the local Extinction Rebellion climate strikes brandishing AR-15 assault rifles. Schmidt refused to forcefully denounce their actions.

As a result, the Boise daily paper, The Idaho Statesman, decided to endorse his opponent — an 18-year-old student in his final year of high school — progressive activist Shiva Rajbhandari, co-founder of the Boise chapter of Extinction Rebellion. Shiva is also the Youth Director of Babe Vote, an organization dedicated to youth voter registration and engagement. He decided to run after leading the fight against Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin’s “Education Indoctrination Task Force” which she convened to protect “young people from the scourge of critical race theory, socialism, communism, and Marxism” in Idaho schools.

Here’s what The Idaho Statesman had to say about Schmidt refusing to turn down the endorsement of the extremist group:

“We were strongly disappointed when Schmidt did not forcefully rebuke the endorsement of the Idaho Liberty Dogs, a group of extremists who have promoted library censorship and lob horrible rhetoric online. That is the type of endorsement a candidate has to disavow forcefully to demonstrate that they can stand up for what is right. Schmidt’s failure to do so tipped the scales. We have no fear that Rajbhandari would make a similar mistake.”

This is just one more reason your dead tree papers are dying: Failure to reflect community values. /s

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This is just one more reason your dead tree papers are dying: Failure to reflect community values..

Bullcrap.

It is not the purpose of a journalistic outlet to reflect the community. It is the job to report the news objectively and editorially to stand for what is best for the community based upon the available information. That can often mean challenging the community values.

Challenging those values means everyone needs to reflect on their views and be ready to defend those beliefs. Giving people what they expect and comforting those desires is nothing more than what Newsmaxx and Fox commentators do. That is not healthy to a community or society. A news organization that just gives people what they want to hear is nothing more than a cheerleader.

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“No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong.” -- François de La Rochefoucauld

"Those who cannot accept the past are condemned to revise it." -- Geo. Mathias

The German word for contraceptive is “Schwangerschaftsverhütungsmittel”. By the time you finished saying that, it’s too late

There is a book in every Christofascist's home. It involves pedophilia, incest, torture, murder, rape, and a lengthy and detailed section talking about a naked woman. It should really be banned.

Yeah, the Bible.

Yer going to hell belty, I'll save a place at the bar.

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Speedy
This is just one more reason your dead tree papers are dying: Failure to reflect community values..

Bullcrap.

It is not the purpose of a journalistic outlet to reflect the community. It is the job to report the news objectively and editorially to stand for what is best for the community based upon the available information. That can often mean challenging the community values.

Challenging those values means everyone needs to reflect on their views and be ready to defend those beliefs. Giving people what they expect and comforting those desires is nothing more than what Newsmaxx and Fox commentators do. That is not healthy to a community or society. A news organization that just gives people what they want to hear is nothing more than a cheerleader.

Well said.

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The bartender asks the rabbit "what'll ya have?"
The rabbit says "I dunno. I'm only here because of Autocorrect.


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I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.

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Speedy
This is just one more reason your dead tree papers are dying: Failure to reflect community values. /s

Bullcrap.

It is not the purpose of a journalistic outlet to reflect the community. It is the job to report the news objectively and editorially to stand for what is best for the community based upon the available information. That can often mean challenging the community values.

Challenging those values means everyone needs to reflect on their views and be ready to defend those beliefs. Giving people what they expect and comforting those desires is nothing more than what Newsmaxx and Fox commentators do. That is not healthy to a community or society. A news organization that just gives people what they want to hear is nothing more than a cheerleader.

I’ve added the /s tag.

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