A woman who has made the news multiple times for challenging library books in Alabama and a transgender librarian in Missouri is running for the Madison City Council.
Rachel Homolak most recently made the news for tangling with a member of the Athens-Limestone Public Library Board in March, sending member Vicki Hereford an email including images from a youth sex education book “Let’s Talk About It” (which is not stocked at the Athens library).
“The disgusting pornographic material that you chose to send to me twice via email – UNSOLICITED – is filth,” Hereford responded. “Because you choose to send this for whatever reason – shock value, perhaps – you are distributing the very material that you say you fight against. I will not meet with you. Do not contact me via email, phone call or te