Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Don't EVEN start messin' with books (and the constitution)

This is an excerpt from an article in the New York Times. See the full article here.

I don't care where you fall in political ideology, this is scary stuff...


Shortly after becoming mayor, former city officials and Wasilla residents said, Ms. Palin approached the town librarian about the possibility of banning some books, though she never followed through and it was unclear which books or passages were in question.

Ann Kilkenny, a Democrat who said she attended every City Council meeting in Ms. Palin’s first year in office, said Ms. Palin brought up the idea of banning some books at one meeting. “They were somehow morally or socially objectionable to her,” Ms. Kilkenny said.

The librarian, Mary Ellen Emmons, pledged to “resist all efforts at censorship,” Ms. Kilkenny recalled. Ms. Palin fired Ms. Emmons shortly after taking office but changed course after residents made a strong show of support. Ms. Emmons, who left her job and Wasilla a couple of years later, declined to comment for this article.

Ms. Palin also upended the town’s traditional ways with a surprise edict: No employee was to talk to the news media without her permission.




2 comments:

Rebecca said...

she sounds rather despotic. wow. thanks for sharing.

ArEn said...

I'll bet she makes the other moms send in carrot sticks and bottled water for Valentine's Day parties.