Library board member resigns
NAMPA — Attorney Bruce Skaug, who played a large role in taking two sex books off the regular shelves at the Nampa Public Library, has resigned from the library’s board of trustees.
“My short-term mission is accomplished,” Skaug said about his role in getting the books placed in the library director’s office where library patrons must ask for them. “Being a little bit of a lightning rod ... that was needed to get some changes, it’s just better that I’m gone from the library.”
With the help of Skaug’s vote, the library board voted 3-2 in March to take “The New Joy of Sex” and “The Joy of Gay Sex” off the library’s regular shelves. Three board members said the books were inappropriate for placement on the shelves where children could access them. The board’s actions came after Randy Jackson, a local conservative activist, asked the library to remove the books. Library board member resigns
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posted by Tom Jackson @ Wednesday, June 11, 2008
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