Fairhope Library Hasn't Learned It's Lesson- 1-21-26

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Speaker 1 (00:08):
All right, we're back on the after program always here
on New Just Talk seven to seventy A ninety two
five DOTMWBNN. I didn't want to talk about something here
Alabama related, but I am looking at your text messages
or phone calls. You can weigh in eight six, six, four, nine, four,
nine eighty sixty six. Pretty easy, uh, rate Trump's first
term between zero to ten, ten being the best, zero

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being the worst. A bunch of people weighing in give
them a ten. I've had a few in the middle.
I haven't had many twos or threes or something like that.
And a couple of people really made the good point
when you compare them to Biden or Kamala Harris. I
mean it's like a fifteen. So that's understandable. We're rating
in because you know it's been in office for a
year for a second term. So but I want to

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talk about this, and I know I talked about this recently.
We had the whole issue in Alabas at the Fair
Hope Library where John wall the chairman of the Alabama
Public Library Service, he's also chairman of the Alabama Republican Party.
He was saying, how I mean just a simple request.
I still think this is just such a simple request

(01:16):
that certain books that are sexually explicit, you don't even
have to completely get rid of them. All you have
to do is move them out of the kids section
into the adult section and have some safeguards so little
kids can't get them. Simple enough. Now, we know that
there are some people that they want little kids to

(01:37):
have access to this stuff because they want to indoctrinate
them into the woke mindset, whether it's the trans ideology
or whatever LGBTQ thing they want. So the Fair Hope
Library is saying they don't want to do it, And
to me, it was a simple rule of thumb. He

(01:57):
read part of a book that was in the teen
section last week and I can't read the excerpt on
the air. I can't do it. I would be fired.
So I'm thinking to myself, if there is an excerpt
in a book that's in your kids section that I
cannot read on the year without getting fired find by
the FCC or something, then maybe it should not be

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in the kids section. Seems like a pretty simple rule
of thumb. Am I wrong here? Anyway? We have the
latest on this an update on this at Yellhammernews dot
Com says, so, the Alabama Public Library Service Board Chairman
John Wall issued a formal letter to the Fairhope Public
Library Board outlining the board's determination that the library remains

(02:41):
ineligible for state funding due to continued non compliance with
Alabama Administrative Code requirements. Now, the letter was sent at
the request of the Fair Hope Public Library Director following
last Thursday's meeting. Wall said the purpose of this letter
is to clearly and transparently explain that the APLS Board's
decision and outline the path forward. He said, relocating sexually

(03:03):
explicit materials to appropriate adult sections is a reasonable step
that respects the rights of all families without denying access
to those who seek it. Now, the Board determined last
week that the Fairhope Public Library remains out of compliance
with Chapter five point twenty two two of the Alabama
Administrative Code because sexually explicit materials continue to be placed

(03:27):
in the library's youth sections. Says, the sexual content in
these books is shockingly explicit and vulgar. Now, John Wall
makes a really simple point here that isn't said enough.
But he's right, he's right. Now. Remember my rule of
thumb was if I can't read it on the air,
probably not good in the kids section. But John Wall

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said this, For as long as societies have existed, they
have recognized the importance of protecting children from potentially harmful material.
We place age restraints on movies, music, and video games.
We restrict miners from purchasing alcohol, tobacco, and firearms. Safeguarding
children is a fundamental responsibility, and families in Alabama deserve

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to know that public libraries respect them and are committed
to being safe, welcoming places for people of all ages.
The apl Sport is unapologetic about our commitment to protect
children across our state. So no parents should have to
worry about their child stumbling upon explicit material in that
section intended for miners. This issue is about parental rights,

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age appropriateness, and ensuring that decisions impacting children are guided
by common sense, not by unelected bureaucrats. Look for as
long as libraries existed or schools have existed, they have
curated specific books or lessons or whatever it is, curriculum
based on the age appropriateness. It's not new. So a

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lot of people on the left that are claiming, oh no, no,
this is banning books. This is censorship. They're burning books.
We're not talking about banning books. We're not even talking
about making the way you can't have a book in
your home. We're talking specifically about make me making sure
it's age appropriate in the library. Doesn't seem like too
much to ask. And the fact that they fight this

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so hard says a lot to me in my opinion.
All Right, we're gonna lighting things up next, go what's trending,
and then I'll write Trump's first year a little bit
later on. You're listening to the Yffie Program. It's the
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