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Oak Brook is also home to one of the most unconventional public library setups, both in the
There is no formal library board that governs library operations
Instead, the village board operates in that capacity, and while that board appoints a commission to help
With this setup, it is also easy for books to suddenly disappear from shelves if someone on
Tiesenga, who is a lawyer in Oak Brook, has been on the Village Board since elected in 2015
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The book, published for teens, was available in the teen section of the library at the time
Upon receipt of the email, Post shared that the book, which had received a complaint by a
But residents of Oak Brook utilizing their own library are unable to pick it up from shelves
What is equally disturbing, though, is that nothing on the Village Board agenda–nor the recording of
Not only was he happy to hear that the book would not be available to “children”–it
This particular line of reasoning for book removal includes a bonus ding at the current president and
In the case of Oak Brook, a complaint by a board member led to the director pulling
Even if, as Post says, there was a patron complaint, no process to formally review the book
Post is in a precarious position: if he removes the book, he censors; if he doesn’t
When those covering censorship talk about the untold stories, it’s stories like these which unfold in
Banning books has become a way for right-wing groups to become heroes and film their 15 minute performances
Those book bans hurt people outside of their small, but well-funded, groups
They never had them to begin with in a system of favoritism or politics
In which their rights to access information are taken from them without due process