Defend GarCo Libraries From Political Takeover
In Garfield County we love our libraries. However, just like other beloved institutions in our country, libraries are under attack, and our Garfield County libraries are no exception. For the past two years or so, a small, vocal minority in our county has been viciously attacking our libraries and those who work there. As former library board trustee Susan Use said in a previous letter to this paper, “The real intent of this group is to control the library board… It is about defunding our library system.” And it is about wanting to implement partisan and anti-constitutional policies, as outlined in Project 2025, that counter everything our democracy and this library system stands for.
Speak out. Attend the next library board meeting on April 3 at 2 p.m. in the Glenwood Springs Branch Library. If you want to speak, you are allowed three minutes to comment at the beginning of the meeting. If you are unable to attend in person, you can attend via Zoom. The way to do that can be found on the library website. Welcome the new member of the Library Board of Trustees, Tony Hershey. Let him know how important our library system is to us in Garfield County. Show the Garfield County commissioners, who are in cahoots with the small vocal minority, that we will not stand for this attempted takeover of our library system.
Carole O’Brien, New Castle