Manatee Commission has a bad solution in search of a made-up problem at county libraries

School board member says proposed library policy change will hurt many students

A standard M.O. for the Manatee County Commission is to devise a “solution” — sometimes it’s little more than a slogan — for a made-up problem, if only so it gives a commissioner or two the chance to pander to their base or to carry out retribution against a political adversary. Examples: the recent discussions about abortion, reorganizing how the count…