LABELS: Assign with caution
In a recent letter to the editor, Community Library Network chair Rachelle Ottosen accused local community members of using Nazi tactics in promoting a “big lie.” (The irony here is deep and I will return to that.) The “big lie” is that Sheriff Norris stole library books. Let’s examine the source of that alleged lie.
In a Sept. 27, 2023, Coeur d’Alene Press article, the Sheriff is pictured holding two CLN library books. The Sheriff is quoted as saying that he had gone to the Post Falls library twice and the Hayden library once. On one of those occasions, he brought a video camera. Norris believes that the two books were inappropriate for minors. When asked if he would be returning the two books, he said “no.” He would buy them before returning them.
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