Fall of 2022

A controversy ensued over the display by the Butt-Holdsworth Memorial Library staff of books from the American Library Association's list of banned books.

During the Public Forum of the October 25, 2022 City Council meeting Stephanie Puccio read a portion from one of the "banned" children's books. You can watch the video by clicking HERE. Be prepared! The text of the book Ms. Puccio reads might be explicit, graphic and may be offensive to you.

At the end of Ms. Puccio's talk the spectators clap. Immediately Judy Eychner, the mayor, bangs the gavel and declares "There will be no clapping!" in a loud voice.

Would you want your underage children to have access to these books?

A simple solution would be to make sure these books are in the "adult" section of the library and that only adults can check them out.

November 17, 2022

Again the library came under fire from outraged citizens concerning the explicit children's books which are available at the library. During council's comments, councilmember Brenda Hughes compares the Bible, along with other books she found at the library, with the explicit children's books, stating the Bible contains pornography as well. Watch the video by clicking HERE. (Video from The Kerrville Lead)

We think Ms. Hughes is off topic with the Bible/Children's books comparison. We think it is not a matter of a book containing, or not containing, pornography/explicit language, but if minors should have access to those books - even the Bible if is deemed to explicit.

But. Watch the videos and you be the judge.