<div dir="ltr"><div style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:CircularXXWeb,Trebuchet,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><h1 class="gmail-mb0 gmail-a-campaign-title" style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-top:0px;font-size:2rem;line-height:1.25;margin-bottom:0px">Fund Patmos Library in Jamestown, MI for 2023</h1><div><br></div>Hello from a Jamestown, Michigan resident. Leading up to a local election on August 2nd, 2022, there was a small, but well-coordinated and vocal movement in Jamestown to defund our library. This group stoked outrage due to the presence of some books about the LGBT+ community.</div><div style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:CircularXXWeb,Trebuchet,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><br style="box-sizing:inherit"></div><div style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:CircularXXWeb,Trebuchet,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">The Patmos Library in Jamestown is a core part of the community fabric. I firmly believe most residents here don't share these views and desire to continue funding our local library. Funds raised here will be donated to the Patmos Library so that we can keep it open long enough to consolidate community support for our library millage.</div><div style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:CircularXXWeb,Trebuchet,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><br style="box-sizing:inherit"></div><div style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:CircularXXWeb,Trebuchet,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">Read more about the Patmos Library millage vote here:</div><div style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:CircularXXWeb,Trebuchet,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><a href="https://www.hollandsentinel.com/story/news/politics/elections/county/2022/08/04/national-attention-jamestown-township-library-millage-fails-over-lgbtq-books/10243485002" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(51,51,51)"></a><a href="https://www.hollandsentinel.com/story/news/politics/elections/county/2022/08/04/national-attention-jamestown-township-library-millage-fails-over-lgbtq-books/10243485002/" target="_blank" class="gmail-" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(51,51,51)">https://www.hollandsentinel.com/story/news/politics/elections/county/2022/08/04/national-attention-jamestown-township-library-millage-fails-over-lgbtq-books/10243485002/</a></div><div style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:CircularXXWeb,Trebuchet,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><br style="box-sizing:inherit"></div><div style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:CircularXXWeb,Trebuchet,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><a href="https://www.metrotimes.com/news/conservative-michigan-town-defunds-library-over-lgbtq-book-30736450" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(51,51,51)"></a><a href="https://www.metrotimes.com/news/conservative-michigan-town-defunds-library-over-lgbtq-book-30736450" target="_blank" class="gmail-" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(51,51,51)">https://www.metrotimes.com/news/conservative-michigan-town-defunds-library-over-lgbtq-book-30736450</a></div><div style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:CircularXXWeb,Trebuchet,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><br style="box-sizing:inherit"></div><div style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:CircularXXWeb,Trebuchet,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><a href="https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/upset-over-lgbtq-books-michigan-town-defunds-its-library-tax-vote" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(51,51,51)"></a></div><div><a href="https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/upset-over-lgbtq-books-michigan-town-defunds-its-library-tax-vote" target="_blank" class="gmail-" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="font-family:CircularXXWeb,Trebuchet,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(51,51,51)">https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/upset-over-lgbtq-books-michigan-town-defunds-its-library-tax-vote</a>--<br></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Casey D. Hoeve<div><br></div><div><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;font-size:16px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">"<i>it's almost impossible to read a fine thing without wanting to do a fine thing</i>."</p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;font-size:16px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">-John Steinbeck, The Pastures of Heaven</p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;font-size:16px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> </p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;font-size:16px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">"<i>There is no other occupation upon earth that is so appropriate to every time and every age and every place. Reading stimulates the young and diverts the old, increases one's satisfaction when things are going well, and when they are going badly provides refuge and solace. It is a delight in the home; it can be fitted in with public life; throughout the night, on journeys, in the country, it is the companion that never lets me down.</i>"</p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;font-size:16px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> -Cicero</p></div></div></div></div>