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Michigan Town Votes to Defund Library Over Books With Graphic Sexual Content

Michigan Town Votes to Defund Library Over Books With Graphic Sexual Content
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Bill Pan
Bill Pan
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8/7/2022|Updated: 8/8/2022
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Residents of a town in western Michigan have overwhelmingly voted to not renew a property tax millage that has helped fund their public library following a battle over LGBT-themed books with explicit illustrations.

More than 60 percent of Jamestown Township voters voted “no” on Aug. 2 to a 10-year millage renewal and a tax increase for the local library. Roughly 3,000 people, representing a third of the township’s population, participated in the election.
Bill Pan
Bill Pan
Reporter
Bill Pan is an Epoch Times reporter covering education issues and New York news.
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