How Wayne's school board flipped to a conservative majority

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The woman at the podium was 14 seconds into reading a passage from a library book by a nonbinary author — an attempt to prove that the county board of education “promotes obscene material and porn,” as she’d described it — when school board president Catherine Kazan cut her off.

“I don’t think that’s appropriate,” Kazan said. “There’s young people in the audience.”

“Of course it’s appropriate!” the woman, Pamela Macek, countered, raising her voice to be heard over the cacophony of cheers from the people seated behind her in the auditorium.

“Ma’am, you can verbalize your complaint without reading the book,” Kazan said.

“No, no! Oh no!” Macek bellowed, shaking her head from side to side. “You ain’t shutting me up.”

She resumed reading from the book, “Gender Queer: A Memoir,” eking out about a dozen more words before her mic was cut. But still she kept at it.

“If this continues, we will clear the room,” Kazan warned, holding up her palm. Glancing up in search of help, Kazan said, “Officer, please?”

But Macek continued her complaint about books in the high school library. “There are teenagers!” she yelled, loud and clear in the absence of a microphone. “With strap-ons! Giving blow jobs!”

Kazan banged her gavel three times. “Officer! Officer! I could use a little help here. The woman refuses to leave the podium, and she’s being disruptive.”