I was forwarded a copy of this letter from the City Council of Linday, California expressing outrage over the firing of a librarian for reporting child pornography. The full letter in PDF form is below the fold:
March 12, 2008
Tulare County Board of Supervisors
2800 West Burrel Avenue
Visalia, CA 93291
Honorable Supervisors,
This letter is written to reassert the position of the City Council of the City of Lindsay regarding its dealings with Tulare County Library personnel. Specifically, the City Council expresses its concern over recent actions by senior management, most notably Mr. Brian Lewis and Ms. Judy Hill. Both Mr. Lewis and Ms. Hill have failed to meet the public trust in their supervisory roles within the County Library system. Their actions have broken and severely damaged the confidence and trust between the City of Lindsay and the Tulare County Library department.
Of foremost concern, the City Council is appalled with the way Mr. Lewis and Ms. Hill have handled the recent events surrounding the arrest of an adult male apprehended viewing child pornography in the Tulare County library located in Lindsay. Below is a summary of misgivings regarding the incident:
Read the rest of the letter (PDF file)
Filed under: Internet Safety, Legal, Libraries
Aren’t Mr. Lewis and Ms. Hill guilty of hiding a felony? Isn’t that “obstruction of justice”? Will they be charged?
All, this blog and a few others have appeared prominently in Librarian in Nation’s Headlines; Lindsay Firing Sparks Debate on News Sites and Among Bloggers, by David Castellon, Visalia Times-Delta, March 18, 2008.