Quote Originally Posted by jp1 View Post
There’s always going to be an element of ‘my tax dollars shouldn’t be supporting X, Y, or Z’ no matter what X, Y, or Z is. For some people it’s the industrial war complex. For some Mainers it’s religious private schools. For some people it’s public health issues. The list is endless. But in a case like the library, which exists to serve everyone in the community the books purchased should be for the entire community not just a narrow subset of religious folks.
Individual titles purchased for “the entire community “would be a very bland collection indeed. But I don’t think that’s what you mean.


Individual titles will serve specific tastes within the community. There’s not one size fits all.