Reminder: Defund ALA groomers

By John Labriola - A recommendation to cut ties with the far-left American Library Association (ALA) will be among the items the Citrus County Commission will be considering this Thursday at its tentative budget hearing on the county's proposed 2023-24 budget.

On Aug. 22, the Citrus County Library Advisory Board voted 5-1 to recommend that the county cancel its annual ALA membership dues after more than 30 residents pointed to the organization's aggressive promotion of Drag Queen Story Hours and explicit LGBT materials in children's sections, as well as radical statements by its self-declared "Marxist lesbian" president Emily Drabinski. 

Sen. Marco Rubio recently called for halting federal funds to the ALA and has demanded an investigation into how the organization tried to block family-friendly story hours by Christian children's author and actor Kirk Cameron while simultaneously promoting drag queen storytelling. 

If county commissioners uphold the LAB's decision, it could trigger other Florida counties to join the growing number of communities and state library commissions across the U.S. that have ditched the ALA, including Campbell County, Wyo., Midland County, Tex., and the Montana and Texas state library commissions. 

Residents can make their voices heard on the issue at the commission's budget hearing on Thursday, Sept. 7, at 5 p.m. at the Citrus County Courthouse, 110 N. Apopka Ave., Inverness, FL 34450. Those unable to attend the hearing can contact commissioners at the email addresses below:

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