These people are operating heavily in Jackson and Macon counties. They use two approaches. One is to make false claims about how counties are better off financially if they withdrawal from this cooperative system. They give figures that are at best unsubstantiated hearsay. The other tactic has been to claim the libraries and librarians are grooming children for sex. They also claim that there are pornographic books made available to children. I have heard so much of the nonsense that I went to the library to look at these so called pornographic books. Of course all the claims were lies.

These tactics are really about eroding our freedoms. When they conquer the library there are plans to go after Macon County Schools. And the pattern will continue. What we see happening in Washington, D.C., is happening here in our mountain communities.

Lew Teter
Cullowhee