The Libary Porn Issue Across the US...

Here are just some links to news stories regarding this issue in the USA:

http://www.argus-press.com/articles/2009/10/08/news/news1.txt

Reminding us - it really IS about protecting our kids:
http://www.connectmidmichigan.com/news/story.aspx?id=353426

Also, I found this site: http://www.columbian.com/article/20091010/OPINION01/710109998/-1/OPINION
It's a political website for the school board in Vancouver, WA. I found it encouraging that someone's stand on the library porn issue was directly tied to votes. Here's the quote:

Margaret Tweet, Camas: The record of Mayor Pollard and others running for Vancouver City Council on hardcore library porn is atrocious. Since 1997, I witnessed and also read public records of minors accessing hardcore pornography at FVRL library computers. Furthermore, reports of adults' access to hardcore material also negatively affected library visitors young and old.

The mayor and certain candidates could have helped solve the problem. Instead, the mayor lambasted citizens at city meetings, the library board delayed, and the problem festered until 2006.

Councilor Jeanne Stewart defended decent libraries and deserves re-election. Tim Leavitt, Bill Turlay, and Anne McEnerny-Ogle would better serve Vancouver. (info: www.lifepac.org)

And the title of this one made me laugh out loud: "But Where Will Homeless Philadelphia Men Browse Internet Porn Now?"
http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/dailyrft/2009/09/but_where_will_homeless_philad.php
Although the title is funny, the actual article itself is kind of sad - it talks about library services being cut back and canceled because of funding. And that is truly a bummer, even if this article has a snarky, sarcastic twist about it.