Missouri House Republicans Vote To Defund Libraries

[Orangecat]

Yeah. Sure. Troll somewhere else.

Have a great day!

Concession accepted.

 

[Orangecat]

My shift for clown juggling is over.

 

[Godboy]

My shift for clown juggling is over.

 

[Hutch Starskey]

I wish this was a joke, but it isn't.

Missouri House Republicans vote to defund libraries

Missouri House Republicans voted to defund all of the state’s public libraries, in a proposed $45.6 billion state budget that will soon move to a vote in the GOP-controlled state Senate.

heartlandsignal.com

Missouri House Republicans voted to defund all of the state’s public libraries, in a proposed $45.6 billion state budget that will soon move to a vote in the GOP-controlled state Senate.

[snip]

Missouri House budget committee leader Rep. Cody Smith (R-Carthage) proposed cutting library aid due to a recent lawsuit filed against the state last February.

The lawsuit — filed by the ACLU of Missouri on behalf of the Missouri Association of School Librarians and the Missouri Library Association — seeks to declare Senate Bill 775 unconstitutional, a bill that has resulted in over 300 books getting banned from school libraries, many of which include LGBTQ characters or racial justice themes.


I guess those Republicans don't like reading. Especially their state Constitution:

Section 10. Free public libraries—declaration of policy—state aid to local public libraries.—It is hereby declared to be the policy of the state to promote the establishment and development of free public libraries and to accept the obligation of their support by the state and its subdivisions and municipalities in such manner as may be provided by law. When any such subdivision or municipality supports a free library, the general assembly shall grant aid to such public library in such manner and in such amounts as may be provided by law.

https://www.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/Publications/CurrentMissouriConstitution.pdf?v=202212

Sadly, it seems to follow their SOP for funding such things.

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[Stann]

Strike three, you're out.
Come back when you get some thicker skin, Nancy.

Sad to be you.

 

[Stann]

With the internet libraries are no longer needed

You are so sadly mistaken. They are more important than ever. Nebraska Libraries on the Web>Blair Public Library and Technology Center.

 

[Stann]

I wish this was a joke, but it isn't.

Missouri House Republicans vote to defund libraries

Missouri House Republicans voted to defund all of the state’s public libraries, in a proposed $45.6 billion state budget that will soon move to a vote in the GOP-controlled state Senate.

heartlandsignal.com

Missouri House Republicans voted to defund all of the state’s public libraries, in a proposed $45.6 billion state budget that will soon move to a vote in the GOP-controlled state Senate.

[snip]

Missouri House budget committee leader Rep. Cody Smith (R-Carthage) proposed cutting library aid due to a recent lawsuit filed against the state last February.

The lawsuit — filed by the ACLU of Missouri on behalf of the Missouri Association of School Librarians and the Missouri Library Association — seeks to declare Senate Bill 775 unconstitutional, a bill that has resulted in over 300 books getting banned from school libraries, many of which include LGBTQ characters or racial justice themes.


I guess those Republicans don't like reading. Especially their state Constitution:

Section 10. Free public libraries—declaration of policy—state aid to local public libraries.—It is hereby declared to be the policy of the state to promote the establishment and development of free public libraries and to accept the obligation of their support by the state and its subdivisions and municipalities in such manner as may be provided by law. When any such subdivision or municipality supports a free library, the general assembly shall grant aid to such public library in such manner and in such amounts as may be provided by law.

https://www.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/Publications/CurrentMissouriConstitution.pdf?v=202212

By all means, don't cut sports; go for the heart of the schools; cut the libraries.

 

[Stann]

I thought libraries were going the way of pay phone booths. Why do people go to libraries?

Libraries have evolved, they are now mostly Science and Technology Centers. You should try entering one to be in the know.

 

[Orangecat]

Sad to be you.

No need to project, Stumb.
Sadness isn’t on my radar. It is for lesser intellects that I easily shut down, like you.

 

[Stann]

No need to project, Stumb.
Sadness isn’t on my radar. It is for lesser intellects that I easily shut down, like you.

You believe you are hurting me in some way, that is sad; you're only hurting yourself. But of course, you fail to realize that, which makes it even sadder. Pity is something no body should want, even you.

 

[Orangecat]

You believe you are hurting me in some way,

I’m not hurting you. Your stupidity is doing that all on its own.

 

[Stann]

I’m not hurting you. Your stupidity is doing that all on its own.

Yet you're the one continuing with the asinine insults, maybe you're the one with the problem.

 

[Stann]

No need to project, Stumb.
Sadness isn’t on my radar. It is for lesser intellects that I easily shut down, like you.

You mean bore to death. Yes, that's true.

 

[Mac-7]

You are so sadly mistaken. They are more important than ever. Nebraska Libraries on the Web>Blair Public Library and Technology Center.

If the woke public libraries continue their grooming agenda we are better off without them

 

[Orangecat]

Yet you're the one continuing with the asinine insults, maybe you're the one with the problem.

Concession accepted.

 

[Orangecat]

You mean bore to death.

No, I mean exactly what I posted. You’re not very smart.

 

[Stann]

If the woke public libraries continue their grooming agenda we are better off without them

I'm sorry you feel that way. Libraries have to be open to all points of view. Otherwise they cannot speak the truth.

 

[Stann]

No, I mean exactly what I posted. You’re not very smart.

And you're totally pathetic.

 

[Missouri_Mike]

We still bitching about MO not funding child porn?

 

[Mac-7]

I'm sorry you feel that way. Libraries have to be open to all points of view. Otherwise they cannot speak the truth.

They are not speaking the truth when they glamorize perverted sex to children