Vote Shea for constructive, non-partisan library

I was struck by a sense of foreboding and mourning during NIC’s jazz bands' last performance as trustee board politicization might lead to college access. A similar trend toward chaos is threatening our library out of an unreasonable fear for our children’s safety. There is no threat of drag show story hours, legally defined obscene or pornographic material, or sexualization by our local librarians and adult fiction is already confined to the upstairs.

Moral restrictions of library material remind me of art labeled and banned as “degenerate” by the Nazis. Most such artists were driven out of the country or killed. Rather than banning different viewpoints, it should be the family’s role to instill inherent values and life skills in their children in order to safely meet life out there.

I dread the day that an already shunned young gay man won’t have the opportunity to read about other beliefs or the day that young adults cannot access literary works like “Kite Runner” or art pieces like Michelangelo’s David for portraying sexual reality.

The reality is that we might be losing up to 50% of our library books if a narrow definition of obscenity is used to define what can be freely available on the shelves of our libraries. If re-elected, Susan Shea will continue to provide constructive, non-partisan, and collegial ways for the East Bonner County Library. Please vote on May 16 — and yes, your voice and vote do make a difference!

GABRIELLE DUEBENDORFER

Sandpoint