'Anti-woke' campaign against library is 'embarrassing' Manatee County, former commissioner says

Apr 18, 2023

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Former Manatee County commissioner Betsy Benac says the attempt by the current commission to establish a second advisory board for the library system to oversee its collection is part of its continuing campaign to destroy Manatee County “with your ridiculous agendas and untested ideas.”

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The mullahs of Manatee — also known as the Manatee County Board of County Commissioners — appear ready to stamp one of the community’s most beloved institutions, the county Public Library System, with their own brand of theocratic fascism. Not so fast, says the mullah in charge of the commission’s anti-woke assault on the libraries, Amanda Ballard. Not o…

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