Showing posts with label Bonnie Wallace. Show all posts
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Thursday, August 20, 2026

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick Opposes Explicit Books In Schools, Pleas for Parents to Act to Get These Books Removed, Calls Out School Librarians

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (speaking at a press conference):
It's about the dirty, filthy, and vulgar books in our school libraries.  Last session we passed Senate Bill 13 by Angela Paxton that would remove these books.  These are books that are so disgusting, so filthy, so dirty, so vulgar, so p[*]rnographic that for the ladies here, I wouldn't even open it and show you.  I wouldn't show my wife.  I didn’t show the female senators last session.  I had the books to hand out, we passed the bill, but I did it without, you know, if someone wanted to take the book for themselves, and I'm gonna give you a copy, everyone here, you can decide not to look at it or you can.  And if you're offended, understand these books are on our library shelves.  
Many books are on our library shelves, in all of our schools.  Over 2,000 titles of filthy, dirty, vulgar books.  So when I talked to Bonnie Wallace about it in the interview it just took off and I said parents wanna know about this and the purpose of this press conference today is to get parents in action to get these books removed.  
Senate Bill 13 says they should be removed.  But what we’re finding out is about 80% of the school districts have not done anything, and some school districts push back, even when they're told about the books they have.  Some superintendents don't know what's on the shelves, teachers don't know what's on the shelves, the librarians know.  
The librarians are the ones responsible.  The American association of librarian [ed: American Library Association] is one of the, librarians. is one of the most leftist, woke groups in America.  They train our librarians and they think these are just fine.  And I can assure you that, and I'm not, I can't always be positive about everything in life, but I would say 90% plus of parents or grandparents would not want their children seeing any of these books.
The video is a roughly two-minute clip from a Texas Senate press conference by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick. He is holding up a book titled Let's Talk About It and discussing the continued presence of explicit books in school libraries despite the law, the failure of many schools to remove them, and the role of school librarians as to why such books are on the shelves in the first place and why they remain there despite the law.

Watch here:


And here is his conversation with Bonnie Wallace to which he refers. By the way, Bonnie Wallace is a member of World Library Association:


All these parents being sued by school librarians, including myself? We now have a state lieutenant governor saying essentially what we have been saying for which ALA has been provoking people to sue.

Let me add that if anyone in Texas seeks to TPIA/FOIA their schools for information about this, you'll find the documents provided will be slim pickings. Why? Texas Library Association and American Library Association's Dorcas Hand trains librarians how to evade open government laws by using personal contacts and devices, precisely to keep parents and legislators in the dark despite the law. ALA librarians will do anything to keep indoctrinating children, as Dan Patrick confirms above:
Now let's see the entire press conference, straight from the Lieutenant Governor:

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Wednesday, April 29, 2026

George Johnson vs. The Facts

The following is a response to remarks made by author George Johnson (All Boys Aren’t Blue) in a televised discussion with children’s advocate Bonnie Wallace on FOX 26 Houston’s Isiah Factor Uncensored. The video was published on April 9, 2026, and can be viewed below.


The Economic Argument


3:49—Johnson argued that libraries should carry sexually explicit books because poor kids who want to read them can’t afford to buy them.


This argument is invalid because it rests on two flawed assumptions:
  1. Taxpayers are obligated to purchase any book anyone requests and provide it free of charge, regardless of other considerations.
  2. Minors benefit from reading sexually explicit books.

The “Anything Goes” Argument


5:05—Johnson said all books belong in libraries.


Some books are objectively, demonstrably harmful to minors, e.g., books that promote gender ideology (see here) and books that contain sexually explicit content (see here).

Additionally, libraries have a right and a responsibility to curate their collections, which even the ALA acknowledges (see here, here, and here).

Finally, libraries aren’t warehouses and were never conceived as such (see here).

Johnson Calls Wallace a Liar, Part 1


5:54—Wallace said the ALA defines YA as ages 12 and up. Johnson said that’s not true.


  • The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association, says this on their FAQ page: “Q: What is a young adult services (YA) librarian? A: A librarian who caters to the needs of the young adult population, ages 12 to 18” (see here).
  • The YALSA Teen Space Guidelines page says this: “YALSA’s Teen Space Guidelines are a tool for evaluating a public library’s overall level of success in providing physical and virtual space dedicated to teens, aged 12-18” (see here).
  • The YALSA Young Adult Library Services page says this: “Young Adult Library Services is the official journal of the Young Adult Library Services Association, a division of the American Library Association. YALS primarily serves as a vehicle for continuing education for librarians serving young adults ages twelve through eighteen” (see here).
  • The minutes for the 2011 YALSA Board of Directors Meeting says this: “Young adults are defined by YALSA as young people between the ages of 12 and 18” (see here).

Rules for Thee, but Not for Me


7:55—When discussing his Florida lawsuit, Johnson mentioned the “Trump-appointed judge” and “conservative judge.”


When conservatives do the same (in reverse) by mentioning an “activist judge” or an “Obama-appointed judge,” they’re accused of attacking the judiciary and undermining the integrity of our court system by questioning a judge’s impartiality.

The Therapeutic Argument


8:44—Johnson said removing books that depict the sexual assault of minors will not stop it from happening, and that these books help victims “navigate” their experience.


In actuality, they re-traumatize victims by causing them to relive their assault (see, for example, here and here).

The Prevention Argument


8:57—Johnson argued that sexual assault on college campuses occurs because “you are not allowing books that teach sex or consent to young adults before we place them in dormitories together.”


This causal link is unsubstantiated. More generally, though, the idea that exposing minors to sexually themed books would reduce sexual assault is contradicted by the evidence. There is abundant research showing that exposure to sexually explicit content, whether consensual or not, correlates with sexual violence (see here).

The Sex Ed Argument, Part 1


9:14—Johnson said parents who believe sex education should occur at home are unlikely to provide it themselves, arguing that their support for removing sexually explicit books for minors in libraries is evidence of their reluctance to discuss sex with their children.


His first claim—that parents who believe sex education should occur at home are unlikely to provide it themselves—is simply not true.

These parents are not unwilling to teach their children about sex. They just want it taught by the right people (the parents), in the right setting (the home), and with content they deem age-appropriate.

Moreover, the abundance of sex education resources for parents undermines Johnson’s claim. If parents were truly unwilling to have these conversations, there would be little demand for such materials.

As for his second claim—that parents’ support for removing sexually explicit books for minors from libraries shows a reluctance to discuss sex with their children—this, too, is false.

There are several reasons parents might support such removals that are unrelated to their personal attitudes toward sex or their willingness to discuss it with their children:

  • adherence to age-appropriate standards grounded in decades of child and adolescent development research
  • a desire to ensure taxpayer funds provide clear community benefit
  • concern about exposing minors to harmful material
  • a view of the library’s purpose that excludes prurient content

These reasons are consistently articulated by child protection advocates, making Johnson’s apparent unfamiliarity with them surprising.

The Sex Ed Argument, Part 2


9:33—Johnson said, “There has to be some type of way that we’re teaching young adults about puberty, about the changes that are happening to their body, and about the realities that are happening around them.”


Needless to say, parents—who are most invested in a child’s flourishing and are legally responsible for their well-being—should be the decision-makers in this regard, not society at large, and certainly not individuals unrelated to, or unknown to, the child.

It should be noted that Johnson is indirectly arguing that his book and similarly explicit books are educational, and therefore beneficial to minors. Decide for yourself by reading this report.

Johnson Calls Wallace a Liar, Part 2


10:27—Wallace said she’s found All Boys Aren’t Blue in elementary school libraries in Texas. Johnson vigorously shook his head and said, “She hasn’t.”


Johnson’s objection is hard to understand. If his book is indeed educational, he should welcome its presence in school libraries.

He devoted almost all of his remarks to arguing that libraries need more books about sex, yet his instinctive response to Wallace’s claim inadvertently concedes that his own book crosses the line, at least for elementary-aged readers. This contradicts his assertion that “all books belong in libraries.”

Wallace did, in fact, find Johnson’s book in several Texas elementary school libraries—one in McAllen ISD, one in Edinburg ISD, and three in Houston ISD (Oak Forest, Bell, and Stevens Elementary). And this was based on only a cursory search; most Texas elementary school libraries were not examined.

McAllen and Edinburg removed Johnson’s book after Wallace notified their administrations that it is prohibited in Texas prisons due to its explicit content; Houston removed the book for unknown reasons.

Incidentally, All Boys Aren’t Blue is also found in elementary schools outside Texas, including Garrison Elementary (audiobook) and Mann Elementary (audiobook) in Washington, D.C.:

Catalog entry for All Boys Aren’t Blue audiobook at Garrison Elementary (Washington, D.C.)

Catalog entry for All Boys Aren’t Blue audiobook at Mann Elementary (Washington, D.C.)

Given the number of public elementary schools in the United States and the book’s notoriety, it is likely present in many other schools across the country as well.

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Sunday, January 18, 2026

TPIA / FOIA Request 001: Llano ISD Board of Trustees

Dear Llano ISD Board of Trustees,

There is a potential for a serious problem within either the Board of Trustees or school management, faculty, or employees.  This is not exaggeration nor a reason for ridicule.

On Saturday, January 10th, 2026 at 9:53 PM, I sent you an email entitled, "Schools Displaying 'The Librarians' Might Renew Bullying of Parents, Presenting Liability."  I then published, "Schools Displaying 'The Librarians' Might Renew Bullying of Parents, Presenting Liability" at https://safelibraries.blogspot.com/2026/01/schools-displaying-librarians.html .

What I sent you, and what eight other people sent you, was published, with only email addresses redacted, on the internet, in a post to a Facebook group called "Llano County News Wire."  It exposed personally identifiable information on the TPIA responses. Ridicule ensued at the site, likely part of the reason or goal for the exposure.  See: https://www.facebook.com/llanocountynewswire/posts/pfbid0jRsuKFgrr9jEMyLvYFUAxm8nHohD3CEkQvPYyUsXqwRKD3aVUf8XVoQ7N5k9spV3l or https://www.facebook.com/100063579010535/posts/1497987242330562/ 

By the way, in that comment by "Llano County News Wire," he/she does not merely report news but kickstarts the ridicule of the parents he/she just doxxed. He/she says, "Keep in mind most came from people living in other states or towns."  So already the message is don't listen to us; that's not journalism.  He/she leaves out that the American Library Association and nearly all of the contents of "The Librarians" comprise "people living in other states or towns."  He/she uses it as a smear on parents writing to the school, while defending "people living in other states or towns" as shown in ALA's movie and with ALA policy all over the school that's causing the problems in the first place, the Library Bill of Rights, for example. ALA is from Chicago, Illinois. By the way, I'm in that movie, and you'll see me in the audience in New Jersey, right before school librarian Martha Hickson says, "fifth graders HAVE penises."

The emails exposed were on Saturday, January 10, 2026, from Susan Perez at 11:25 AM, Bonnie Wallace at 12:01 PM (who won the Little v. Llano County case and who is shown speaking in "The Librarians"), Ron Herrin at 4:30 PM, Dan Kleinman (myself who is seen in "The Librarians") at 8:54 PM. Also on Sunday, January 11, 2026, from Deborah Leimbach at 7:52 PM. Also on Monday, January 12, 2026, from Jackie Cherico at 2:12 PM, Mary Moore at 5:36 PM. Also on Tuesday, January 13, 2026, from Teri Hubbard at 7:04 AM, Larry Huston at 7:32 AM.  So the most recently exposed was from Larry Huston on Tuesday, January 13, at 7:32 AM.  Some of those people were doxxed.

They were then published on the internet at "Llano County News Wire" on Friday, January 16, at 9:03 PM.  That leaves a gap of a little over three and a half days, assuming someone knew to file a TPIA request on Tuesday morning.

In Texas, TPIA / FOIA requests take time.  A sample form can be found at NFOIC here: https://www.nfoic.org/texas-sample-foia-request/ where it reads, "The Texas Public Information Act requires that you 'promptly produce' the requested records unless, within 10 days, you have sought an Attorney General’s Opinion." In my experience, that almost always means you'll get a response, if any, on day ten.

The need for the TPIA request to produce emails I submitted and did not otherwise announce publicly was somehow instantly identified.  Then the TPIA request was submitted in record time.  And the records were turned over in absolute record time.  Then they were published.  All that in in a mere three and a half days.  It's impossible without someone on the lookout and someone greasing the wheels, someone from inside Llano ISD.

I don't believe that super fast timeline is possible were it done honestly.  Someone within the school is ratting out the parents to subject them to bullying and ridicule.  In a case where I showed strong evidence that the showing of "The Librarians" may result in continued serious bullying of a parent who needed round-the-clock police protection, now I'm getting bullied by how the school reacted to multiple emails from parents opposing the showing of "The Librarians."  To me, Llano ISD is using bullying to smear my reporting "The Librarians" they intend to show in the school is itself bullying another parent.  It's bullying to protect bullying, with both people being bullied trying to stop children from being harmed by school librarians.

As I said before, there is a potential for a serious problem within either the Board of Trustees or school management, faculty, or employees.

As if knowing something is off and in an apparent effort to allay concerns, "Llano County Wire News" responds to someone suggesting, "Mac Edwards forwards the emails to Tom and the liberals," with the following on Saturday, January 17 at 9:20 AM, "FOIA request. Freedom of information act. They were not forwarded to anyone. They are required by law to respond to a FOIA request".

In my over twenty five years investigating schools and libraries, never has a FOIA requestor ever been tipped off so fast and the FOIA response provided so quickly, then published, then used to ridicule and bully people by doxxing people.  Except one other case.  Recall that mother in the "The Librarians" who got bullied by librarians and needed 24 hour police protection?  She is the only other case I know where they happened so quickly.  She submitted a complaint to an anonymous tip line set up precisely to accept anonymous tips about school books, just to allow the school to act without all the drama that ensues from librarians crying wolf.  The "anonymous" tip was then immediately reported to the school, thence to the school librarian, thence to a political attack dog for American Library Association who filed a FOIA request, got the "anonymous" tip on video, then doxxed the mother leading to weeks of police protection.  The very same mother you will be doxxing and bullying again if you show "The Librarians" in the schools.  Schools have antibullying rules.  Those go out the window if you show this film.

So not only is Llano ISD bullying parents who complained about "The Librarians" again bullying a family who needed police protection, but it has somehow leaked and sped up a FOIA response to bully parents, exactly as was done in the bullying incident in the movie. Librarians are experienced in, even trained in this tactic. It's just happened again in Llano ISD.

Also, Texas Library Association trains librarians to defy TPIA, to violate the law, all to keep the indoctrination of school children by school librarians from the public and from Texas legislators.  Yet, to ridicule and bully parents opposed to ALA's "The Librarians," suddenly the TPIA response is super quick.  See: "School Librarians Train to Violate FOIA Law to Keep Parents In the Dark About S[*]xualizing Children" https://safelibraries.blogspot.com/2022/12/school-librarians-train-to-violate-foia.html

So again, there is a potential for a serious problem within either the Board of Trustees or school management, faculty, or employees.

That's the background for the following TPIA request.

Under the Texas Public Information Act, Tex. Gov’t Code §552.001 et seq., I am requesting an opportunity to obtain copies of public records.

  1. Please produce via PDF in response to me the email I sent you on Saturday, January 10th, 2026 at 9:53 PM, entitled, "Schools Displaying 'The Librarians' Might Renew Bullying of Parents, Presenting Liability."  I want to see it you properly redact the response or if you merely send it back with just the email blacked out.
  2. Please produce via PDF in your response to me the documentation of a TPIA or FOIA request from "Llano County News Wire" or the person running that comprising, as he/she put it, "FOIA request. Freedom of information act. They were not forwarded to anyone. They are required by law to respond to a FOIA request".
  3. Please produce via PDF or audio recording in your response to me any other communications of any form, including verbal, with the person who allegedly submitted a FOIA request as identified in the above question, and restrict the time frame for this search from January 10, 2026 to the present.  Super reasonable.  If personal accounts were used to hide such communication(s) from the public, those documents must be released as well, TPIA doesn't protect them.  If anyone is in a BCC list, those must be identified as well.  BCC is for the emailer's convenience, not a means to bypass TPIA.  If you interpret my words in a cagey way or a way you think is clever to keep me from getting information under the law, then you are violating TPIA §552.001: "POLICY;  CONSTRUCTION (a) .... The provisions of this chapter shall be liberally construed to implement this policy."

Hey, piece of cake.

If there are any fees for searching or copying these records, please inform me if the cost will exceed $5.  However, I would also like to request a waiver of all fees in that the disclosure of the requested information is in the public interest and will contribute significantly to the public’s understanding of how school children are being harmed by American Library Association and subgroups like Texas Library Association or EveryLibrary and by local school districts like Llano ISD that allows political candidates like Leila Green Little to have "The Librarians" shown in the school to use the students to boost her own chances of election--in an election against her husband, no less. (Leila Green Little lost the Little v. Llano County case.) For example, the public might like to know of corruption within the school when parents are being ridiculed and bullied by the release of information used to file TPIA requests and get responses super fast, like occurs only in cases where parents are being bullied for opposing how school librarians harm children per ALA's sixty years of effort to eviscerate parental rights: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PZ2pDhKhRAtlNgR7gek_1kcdGFoskHpa/view?usp=sharing .  This information is not being sought for commercial purposes.

The Texas Public Information Act requires that you “promptly produce” the requested records unless, within 10 days, you have sought an Attorney General’s Opinion.  If you expect a significant delay in responding to this request, please contact me with information about when I might expect copies or the ability to inspect the requested records.

If you deny any or all of this request, please cite each specific exemption you feel justifies the refusal to release the information and notify me of the appeal procedures available to me under the law.

Thank you for considering my request.

[NOTE: This email has been published here: "TPIA / FOIA Request 001: Llano ISD Board of Trustees" https://safelibraries.blogspot.com/2026/01/tpia-foia-request-001-llano-isd-board.html ]

Sincerely,

Dan Kleinman, Owner of SafeLibraries® brand library educational services


NOTE ADDED 19 JANUARY 2026:

On Facebook, "Llano County News Wire" has deleted my polite comment asking to see the FOIA request and the response.  I even gave fair notice that I was one of those whose emails were published.  Then I was blocked from the page completely.  

This tells me I'm over the target that some collusion has occurred.  Such collusion is likely to have violated ethics codes for Texas boards of trustees.

"Llano County News Wire" did, however, respond to my comment, and that is still online.  You can see a response to me but my comment to which the response pertains is gone.

Here is the "Llano County News Wire" response to the comment of mine that was deleted:
Dan Kleinman public information request or freedom of information request. You call it what you want, it does the same thing. It said I would like to request copies of any and all emails sent to any and all school board members and school personnel in regards to a film being shown at the high school auditorium on January 24, 2026.
So "Llano County News Wire" evaded the question completely then deleted my comment and blocked me entirely.  To me, that's smoke, and there's fire somewhere.  I'll do my best to report on that fire.

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Saturday, January 10, 2026

Schools Displaying 'The Librarians' Might Renew Bullying of Parents, Presenting Liability

Schools displaying the Sarah Jessica Parker film called, "The Librarians," might renew the bullying of parents by librarians and supporters, thereby exposing the schools to potential civil liability (like negligence or intentional infliction of emotional distress) or criminal liability (if there's incitement of illegal acts like threats).

Here is a post I just made in five parts on X about Llano High School holding a showing of the American Library Association agitprop:

1)
Llano High School will show "The Librarians," agitprop by American Library Association to convince adults to allow school librarians to continue indoctrinating and s*xualizing children. It re-exposes a family to continued bullying, thereby exposing Llano ISD to liability.

2)
But Llano ISD will do nothing, fearing Leila Little and Suzette Baker who both sued the county. They are terrified of being sued by either of these folks, so they don’t want to cancel this event. The film is one-sided—the side of ALA that targets kids. 

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For an example of what they want the community to see, Dwight Eisenhower is misquoted to give the appearance he opposed "book banning." The rest of his sentence/statement ALA left out since it showed it’s not censorship to remove inappropriate books. It’s fundamentally deceptive.

4)
The family bullied in and shown in the film needed round-the-clock police protection. She got death threats—real ones unlike the flimsy one described—that included a brick and a note in her mailbox. If Llano ISD shows that film, it risks bullying that family yet again.

5)
#LlanoCounty #LlanoISD #txlege

FYI about potential imminent harm done at Llano IDS if the school goes forward with displaying "The Librarians." It’s free on @PBS Feb 6, so just wait a week.

@GregAbbott_TX @DanPatrick @KenPaxtonTX @tedcruz @JohnCornyn 

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The initial post in the thread is shown here and please repost:
I will be sending this post to the school administrators who could stop the showing and prevent the potential liability, let alone the agitprop nature of the film.

In full disclosure, I appear in the film as does Bonnie Wallace and many others from Llano County.  

Recall Bonnie Wallace won big in Little v. Llano County, so inappropriate books may be legally removed from library shelves, and yet again, everything American Library Association has been saying is false.  That's likely why ALA showed her but left her unnamed in "The Librarians."

The graphic in the upper right is sourced from the Facebook page for Llano County TX Rants & Raves where the text reads:

This documentary is about librarians who are suing cities, counties and school boards to keep harmful content. Suzette Baker who sued Llano County is featured. Any taxpayer who wants to protect minors from harmful content including drawings of couples having sex, sex organs, and more should email (or call) the superintendent and all school board members and the HS principal and express their discontent about this documentary being featured at Llano HS on Jan 24. This email (or call) should be sent immediately.

Who can give me the school email? 
mailto:medwards@llanoisd.org
mailto:rick.tisdale@cadencebank.com
mailto:codyfly@benekeith.com
mailto:paul.hull@hitssllc.com
mailto:grant@inmansbbq.com
mailto:jeffk@arrowheadbanktexas.com
mailto:rwilson@llanoisd.org
mailto:spatrick@llanoisd.org 
Just look at the upper left hand corner about the war on books- tells you everything you need to know! There is no Reader Foundation only a reading foundation on the web. I'm trying to find out if this Reading foundation has a chapter here in Llano. I find it suspicious that this film would be shown in an election year with the Littles running to split the ticket and unseat Moss. Lord God I pray you will expose this backdoor move by a perverse ideology against our children and community. Amen and so be it! 
In small letters at the bottom is: 
LCLSF.org. This is Leila Little's foundation. We all need to send an email (or call) and tell the ISD that we are opposed to the HS hosting this. 
It is clearly a political rally!
Source: 
Interesting!  So it seems it's also a political trick to get elected by the losing party in Little v. Llano County!  Interesting!  Husband and wife are running against each other so one of then gets the seat!  Interesting!  Using an entire school district for their personal gain!  Interesting!
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