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Artists painted faces and created balloon animals. A food truck sold tacos. Kids ambled past bookshelves until something piqued their interest, then stopped to read. Families lined up for live
The conservative war on books is never about the books themselves, or even the children. It's about control, and about kneecapping the power of librarians.
June 21, 2022 By Brian Hews Gracey Van Der Mark, an extremely controversial Huntington Beach Councilmember who has been accused of being affiliated with white supremacists while at the same time being accused of racist social media posts - and who was invited to speak at a 2022 Cerritos Republican Club meeting attended by ACBUSD…
After nearly six hours of public comments, Mayor Pro Tem Gracey Van Der Mark's agenda item passed by a slim 4-3 margin, with the conservative council bloc holding sway.
Mayor Pro Tem Gracey Van Der Mark said she was not calling for a ban on books, but restricting children's access to them without supervision. Critics disagreed.