How the Columbia County Rural Library was Saved

Elise Severe, Chair of Neighbors United for Progress, and Amy Rosenberg, Chair of the Columbia County Democratic Party tell the story of how a coalition of Democrats, Republicans and independents stopped the Columbia County Conservatives attempt to dissolve the Columbia County Rural Library .

Had the Columbia County Conservatives succeeded in shuttering the library, it would have been the first time our nation’s history that a library closed because its board and librarian wouldn’t ban books.