WEST TOWNSHEND-Nancy Braus, former owner of Everyone's Books, unequivocally states: "Vermont does not ban books." She has a point. The state of Vermont and public school districts do not appear to be banning books.
But Braus, when she owned the bookstore, did her best to block her clientele from access to certain books - specifically anything written by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Not only would she not have his books on display in her store, she would not order them for patrons.
This is Braus's version of book banning. She lost my patronage and that of many others.
Has she turned over a new page? Or is she hiding behind semantics and a mural?
Betsy Thomason
West Townshend
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