[Publib] Question From Library User

[Robert Sullivan]

> I have no intention of politicizing the listserv, and am not interested in
> pushing a particular partisan agenda via publib, but since a library user
> has asked the following question, and while I think the answer is "no," I
> wanted to ask the members of the list, since I really don't know the answer:
>
> "Mark, is there buzz in the Library community about Palin's attempt to oust
> her town's library director? I don't personally know whether this is true;
> it's just circulating on the Internet":

<e-mail snipped>

Saw that yesterday but haven't seen anything to verify or contest it..

What does appear to be true (to the extent those of us at a distance
can evaluate it) is that both the city librarian and the police chief
openly supported her opponent in the mayoral election, as noted in
this 1997 article reprinted in the Anchorage Daily News on August 29:

<http://www.adn.com/sarah-palin/story/510219.html>

and that was not a good career move.  Any dispute about books was
probably secondary.

-- 
Bob Sullivan
Schenectady Digital History Archive
<http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/>
Schenectady County (NY) Public Library