Ozark library board member text evokes burning LGBTQ books
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on September 1, 2023
Early on the morning of March 21, Ozark Mayor Mark Blankenship sent a text to Ozark Dale County Public Library director Karen Speck and library board member Monica Carroll asking “What do I need to do to have these 61 books removed from our library?” Attached was a screenshot the mayor had received from a constituent, showing a book in the library and complaint that the book had an LGBTQ sticker on the spine.
“I’ll bring a match,” Carroll replied, along with two laughing emojis, before adding that she would ask Speck what the procedure was . . .
