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Town Hall at the Mount Vernon Public Library

Dispatch from the trenches of dysfunction

The library board's first town hall ran three hours, started late, and revealed a board that doesn't know the law it cites. The trustee election is May 19.
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The State Said She’s Ineligible. Hope Marable Is on the May 19 Ballot Anyway

The State said she’s term-limited. The library board illegally repealed term limits the next day. The school district says the problem isn’t theirs.

The State Education Department said Hope Marable is term-limited. Eleven days later, she's on the May 19 Mount Vernon Public Library ballot. Here's why.
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The State Said Library Board President Hope Marable is Term-Limited

The Library Board Killed Term Limits the Next Day and Residents Deserve Answers.

The State told the Mount Vernon Library Board that Hope Marable is term-limited. The board hid the letter and voted to kill term limits the very next day.
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The Library Board Just Repealed Its Term Limits. One Month Before the Election.

The board president it benefits was removed once by the State for neglect of duty. She's running for a third term anyway.

One month before the May 19 election, the Library Board killed the bylaw blocking its president, once removed by the State, from running for a third term.
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Gala Dinners On The Taxpayer’s Dime

The Mount Vernon Public Library approved gala and dinner-dance tickets for their board trustees

Library trustees voted to buy themselves gala tickets with public money, then showed up the next night. That's not community engagement. It's self-dealing.
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