Tag: FAIRHOPE LIBRARY

Fairhope deserves a library accountable to its residents and respectful of children, not one that survives by outsourcing funding and values to outside organizations.

When the Fairhope Public Library Board of Trustees met on Monday, chairman Randal Wright said she doesn’t think the Alabama Public Library Service will do what they said they will do.

The Fairhope Public Library debate has elicited passionate responses from both sides to the point that it has become a prominent issue in the City of Fairhope's municipal elections on August 26.

The Alabama Public Library Service Board voted to provide the state’s libraries with a definition of “sexually explicit,” continued to withhold funding for the Fairhope library and floated a near-total ban on the transgender-promoting books at Thursday’s meeting.  

A Fairhope man has already paid the price for the safety of his family. In 2021, Nathaniel Spurgeon's wife and mother-in-law were kidnapped for ransom. Now, he is opening up about his experience in hopes of preventing innocent children from having to pay the price for the mistakes of adults.

Alabama Public Library Service chairman John Wahl said all libraries, including the Fairhope Public Library, should be safe for children. After watching part of a Fairhope City Council meeting Tuesday night, he said some things must be clarified.

The Fairhope City Council meeting Tuesday was so crowded that overflow seating was provided.

We want to ensure that Alabama’s libraries remain welcoming spaces for all families – and not just one side of this debate.

Moms for Liberty Baldwin County founder Rebecca Watson has received death threats since presenting information to the Alabama Public Library Service (APLS), which led to the pausing of state funding to the Fairhope Public Library. Still, she is determined to continue fighting to protect children.

The Baldwin County Conservative Coalition sent mailers to residents of Fairhope following a tense council meeting where concerned citizens came forward about inappropriate books.

The Fairhope Library's Board of Trustees met Monday and heard from the public about concerns over books that some say contain inappropriate material. These books, they say, are in the children and teen sections of the library, and they want them moved to the adult section.

The Baldwin County Republican Party unanimously passed a resolution over the weekend in reaction to inappropriate books that have been offered in the children and teens sections at libraries throughout the county.