I’ve posted a lot regarding last Wednesday’s Library Board meeting. Here on TPR, I wrote a column taking the Library Board task for its initial decision to deny delegation requests on a technicality.
The Library Board stated people needed to request to delegate at least seven days prior to the meeting, but the Central Library access policy was only released barely five days before the meeting. Following the publication of my column, the Library Board reversed itself and delegations were permitted.
The Library Board is not used to large crowds for its meetings. I’ve never seen more than a handful of observers at any of its meetings.
They handled the meeting well, and thought about the details.
The five registered delegates were given reserved seats at the front of the room.
I’ve covered hundreds, actually thousands of public meetings. I’ve been in some contentious rooms (and even assaulted at one), and have never seen an organization reserve seats of delegates attending to speak against a policy.
I’ve seen the opposite. In 2007, I covered a special Oshawa Council meeting. I vividly recollect the head of Oshawa’s municipal law enforcement attempting to bar delegates from entering General Sikorski Hall inside the Polish Veterans’ Association. (The meeting was move to the largest available venue due to the high amount of interest.)
For a well-run meeting on Wednesday, the Library Board deserves credit.
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Published: March 16, 2026
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Author: Joey Coleman
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