Editor:

The Garfield Board of County Commissioners seems to forget the Garfield County Public Library is an independent subdivision of the state, established by the voters and more than capable of managing its own business.

In 2023 the BOCC deliberately chose to ignore a 16-year tradition of confidence in the library trustees when it upended the trustee-selection process. Instead of trusting the library to interview, nominate and recommend new trustees, the BOCC attacked the actions of the trustees and library employees, accused them of pejorative “group think” without defining the term and reprimanded them for not adequately protecting the county’s children.

A clear-eyed review of the actions of the library trustees and employees reveals exemplary dedication to the welfare of the count

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