UPDATE: Saline County judge fires librarian after months of controversy over censorship

Patty Hector, the Saline County library director who refused to scrub the youth section shelves of books that include gay and gender-nonconforming characters and themes, was fired this morning by Republican county judge Matt Brumley.

Saline County Judge Matt Brumley, the county’s chief executive officer, fired library director Patty Hector today after months of controversy over the censorship of children’s books.

After the county’s library board did not fire Hector earlier this year, the Saline County Quorum Court passed a law in August giving Brumley the ability to fire her instead.

Hector had held the director’s position since July 2016.


https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2023/10/09/saline-county-judge-fires-librarian-after-months-of-controversy-over-censorship