Downers Grove officials have tabled a controversial proposal to change the leadership structure for the village’s politically embattled library. A nonbinding referendum asking whether to replace the west suburban library’s appointed board with an elected one was the latest debate to rock the institution, which has become a battleground in recent culture wars around race, gender and sexuality that raged nationwide post-pandemic. Perhaps most memorably, the library was forced to cancel a drag queen-themed bingo activity in September 2022 after it received violent threats. It’s also seen the removal of two trustees since 2017. Although a nonbinding referendum carries no...
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