The introduction of the ordinance will be one of Folyer’s final significant acts as a Councilmember before he is replaced by Linda Ball on January 1.
A similar bill was passed in May 2023 but vetoed by Liberty Lake Mayor Cris Kaminskas. The original legislation would have prevented the council from initiating a proposal to ban books — requiring instead that book-ban proposals come from community members. The new ordinance allows the Council to directly initiate a ban, giving it even more power.
Opponents of the legislation say it is being reintroduced now because there is a small window of just over a month in which supporters of the proposal
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