As a cold civil war is waged in libraries across the nation, a conservative library board in Wyoming retains far-right fame for having led the fight against an organization viewed as a bastion of wokeness.
across the nation, a conservative library board in Wyoming retains far-right fame for having led the fight against an organization viewed as a bastion of wokeness.
Terri Lesley is seen second from the left during a July 28 meeting of the Campbell County Library Board.A number of Lesley’s supporters signaled their displeasure with Butler. Lesley suggested that the board use an established challenge procedure, which various private citizens had used when they found a particular book objectionable. One hitch, however, is that challengers have to certify that they have actually read the book. The process would also place the burden on the board to actually name the books rather than just sit back and insist that every title better conform to their policy. The board took the position that it was the library’s duty to police itself.
At 3 p.m. on Friday an overflowing crowd filled the Wyoming Room at the Campbell County Public Library in Gillette. Lesley took her usual seat at the far end of where the board sits. She might have saved herself if she announced that she was acceding to the board’s wishes and provided a timeline for achieving it.
“So much of our community has stood with me and supported me in these last two years,” she continued. “They've kept me going in my darkest hours. I will never be able to repay them for all they have done for me during this time. They deserve a first-rate library.”“All I have ever tried to do to the best of my ability was to provide them that in the end. I feel like I had left them down in some regards, that there must have been something more I could have done.
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