The future of our Garfield County libraries is in your hands.

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The freedom to access information is at stake. The First Amendment is at stake.

First Amendment:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

First Amendment Explained. Congress.Gov

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Recent press

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It’s Not Just About the Books
Defend GarCo Libraries From Political Takeover
Defend GarCo Libraries From Political Takeover
LTE: Libraries Under Right Wing Political Takeover
LTE: Libraries Under Right Wing Political Takeover
LTE: County Commissioners Side with Fringe Group to Replace Jocelyn Durrance
LTE: County Commissioners Side with Fringe Group to Replace Jocelyn Durrance
Letter to the Editor: Censorship Isn’t Freedom
Letter to the Editor: Censorship Isn’t Freedom
“Grateful for our Libraries” Illene Pevec
“Grateful for our Libraries” Illene Pevec

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Words from our Community

  • "The BOCC is completely unqualified to make these appointments. They have exhibited little interest in the outstanding accomplishments of the GCPLD. The only interest they have shown recently is in response to a fringe group of conspiracy theorists attempting to control what the library has on its shelves."

    Carol O’Brien, LTE in Post Independent, March 11, 2024

  • "When you couldn’t intimidate the library trustees last fall with respect to the banning of certain books unpopular with a particular county constituency, you’ve decided to try another method to browbeat and bully the residents in this county.”

    Ellen Dole, Public Comment at Garfield County BOCC Meeting, March 18, 2024

  • "In the past year the BOCC has pandered to a small group of constituents who are challenging the integrity and independence of GarCo Public Libraries. The BOCC went so far as to ‘God Bless’ the bigoted remarks of this group during a BOCC hearing."

    Michele Brower, LTE in Post Independent, March 13, 2024

  • “I’m pretty confident that, left to themselves, the [BOCC] will continue to be flagrant in their belief that they can do whatever the heck they please. So the possibility is still there for some sort of legal recourse. And we’re looking at a commissioner election and, somehow, library materials wound up as one of the deciding questions for all the [county commissioner] candidates. So will this be decided by the voters? Will it be decided by the courts? I don’t know yet.”

    Jamie LaRue, Executive Director of Garfield County Libraries, in an interview with the Sopris Sun, published March 27, 2024