“READERS FORUM” FEBRUARY 13, 2019

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  1. Hopefully former Sheriff Williams, as the new member of the EVPL Board, will request background checks on the “drag queens” that the the library is promoting to read to young children.

    • Typical right-wing proposal: Suggest things not legal or feasible

      If you require background checks for one group, then you would have to do them on ALL unless you just admit the reason is that you are just homophobic. Then we just ignore this asinine crap

      Currently, there are no Indiana statutes specific to volunteer screening. SO EVPL would have to spend money associated with the legalities of requiring something NOT required by law

      So if we use the parameters SUGGESTED by the Indiana Schools Background Check guidelines, this would mean:

      Address History Trace [AHT]: This is a report revealing various names, DOB’s and addresses associated with a specific Social Security number. An AHT should go back at least seven years. Because an AHT creates a profile of an individual’s residence history; this profile determines what jurisdictions should be searched

      County Searches: Based on the profile created from the AHT, each jurisdiction/county identified should be searched, since County courts are considered the official court of record because most cases are filed and maintained here. The most complete and accurate information is generally located at the county level

      Criminal Record Database: A database search of over 450 million criminal records regularly collected from thousands of court sources. Supplementing a county search with databases casts a wider net and helps find more records

      National Sex Offender Registry: A comprehensive, real-time search of registered sex offender registries in all 50 states plus Washington D.C., Puerto Rico, Guam, and Native American Tribal Registries. Searching every available sex offender registry in real-time provides maximum matches for any REGISTERED sex offenders

      Federal Search: A search of federal courts in the jurisdictions identified in the AHT. Federal crimes can only be found in federal courts and can be either criminal and civil offenses. This entails a search of national criminal background check (FBI)

      AKAs: These can include maiden names, nicknames or aliases, which gives information where everyone doesn’t always use the same name. And not every applicant will provide all AKAs

      Since we can see that for February alone at EVPL there are over 100 events for the “0-11 age group” we can estimate that you would have anywhere from 10-20 adult volunteers. This does NOT include the parents who will attend, which would mean that you might have 30 or more adults at the event

      I was able to locate a variety of costs associated with a comprehensive background check, and the cost ranged from $30 to over $100

      So the simple math is this: If the 100 events per month would have 10 volunteers at each event, and we use an average price of $50 per background check, this would mean the taxpayers would be forced to spend $50,000 PER month, with a yearly cost of $600,000

      In the history of EVPL events there has not been a SINGLE issue before, yet because you are so scared of people different than you, you are willing to expend OVER a half-million dollars per year!

      This ignores that the rules have ALWAYS been that the children in the “0-11 age group” can ONLY participate if THE PARENT STAY WITH THEM!

      The ignorance in this backward town never ceases to disgust me. Maybe that $600,000 per year could purchase more books and other educational material for not only the children but for the community as a whole.

      So unless you are willing to write a check for this blatant hypocrisy, just be like Elsa: Let It Go!

      • It is common sense to check for registered sex offenders that would be around young children.

        • pig73

          How long will you keep posting the same homophobic question? For the FIFTH day in a row when this ignorant obfuscation has been brought up, EVPL does NOT do background checks, they NEVER have, and it is only the bigot crowd that have latched onto this.

          Per Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library Director Cynthia Landrum, who was answering questions at the County Council meeting, the volunteer readers will be trained to read books chosen by library staff, and stories are picked by the library and the local drag queen volunteers are trained by library staff

          She also said library volunteers are expected to follow the employee dress code, the volunteers are aware they’ll be in a library and won’t wear nightclub attire

          Between now and the end of February (16 days) there is ONE event of the “Drag Queen Story Hour” but there are 64 other volunteer events for the “0-11 age group” that are on the schedule for EVPL for February, including multiple evening events of “Pajama Storytime”

          There are three events this month called “Christian Fiction Book Club” but we have not heard ZILCH from you and the other hypocrites about “background checks” for these events. The VOLUNTEERS at the “Drag Queen Story Hour” will be reading books selected by EVPL staff, and they have to follow the staff dress code, but that isn’t good enough for folks like you

          So YOU are willing to pay, in taxpayer funding, for EVERY volunteer at EVPL? Consider that the majority of HUNDREDS of volunteers at EVPL would cost tens of thousands of dollars, WTF are you thinking?

          Would you background check every Catholic in case they are a pedophile? Will you background check every volunteer who comes and rolls around in their pajamas with the 0-11-year-old kids?

          And while we are looking at this, will you background check every adult that comes to any of these 63 events? How do you know that they are not dragging young children to events while pretending to be a parent so they can get close to the kids? At what point does this bigoted, hypocritical, hateful crap stop?

          • RR, your following statement is, well, nonsense at best.

            “Will you background check every volunteer who comes and rolls around in their pajamas with the 0-11-year-old kids?”

          • How is that statement “nonsense” when it asks a valid question?

            The age group mentioned are told to wear their pajamas at an evening event?

            So why no background checks for the staff when kids are in pajamas?

            Maybe read the ENTIRE post before you obfuscate

  4. How to Identify a Homosexual, According to a 1980 CIA Memo

    In 1980, the CIA released a three-page memorandum on how to identify homosexuals during investigations in order to blackmail them. So if you’re having trouble with your gaydar, don’t worry. The most brilliant criminal investigators in the United States have you covered

    Here are some ways to identify a homosexual according to a 1980 CIA memo. All quotes or from the actual memo

    1. Know That It Won’t Be Easy

    “One of the most common mistakes made by the average person is the conviction that he can recognize a homosexual on sight. This is similar to recognizing a communist. Very few employees come to work wearing ‘My Sin’ cologne or eye makeup”

    Sorry, Evansville, homosexuals do not have special birthmarks or tattoos

    2. He’s A Good Worker

    “The homosexual subject is usually regarded as an above-average employee. His work habits are good, he is punctual, responsive to authority, cooperative, friendly, a credit to the organization”

    So if a guy wins Employee of the Month more than once, he’s probably “a gay”

    3. He Has A Post Office Box

    “Our subject leads a Jekyll-Hyde existence, constantly cautious, constantly aware that his ‘Mr. Hyde’ will be exposed. He frequently uses a Post Office Box to receive mail from trusted friends”

    So if a guy has a mailbox at home, he likes girls. If he uses a post office box, he does not like girls

    4. He Drives An Audi Or A Volkswagen — But Not Often

    “His car (preferably foreign) is often reserved for weekends, rarely drives to the office”

    Gays love foreign cars, because Foreignlandia is where homosexuality (and its sister affliction, communism) comes from! But the gays don’t drive often. It turns out homosexuality is really good for the ecosystem

    5. He Speaks A Foreign Gay Language

    “He has his own language” and that language includes “pass words” or “auditory signals with which to test a chance acquaintance”

    What are some of those pass words? It’s an ingenious code that only the greatest minds of the CIA could break! The memo lists three very secret words that no heterosexual knew about in 1980, apparently:

    1. Gay
    2. Straight
    3. Bi

    The memo defines “bi” as “interested equally in homosexual and heterosexual activities” which apparently means he owns a Saab AND a Ford

    6. He’s A Great Tenant

    “Landlords often encourage rentals to homosexuals since they are neat, generally quiet, interested in keeping their apartments in good condition, and dependable when it comes to finances”

    Gays always get their full security deposit back when they leave an apartment. They need it, since paying for upkeep on a foreign car is expensive!

    7. He’s Really Smart

    “The homosexual is a complex, intelligent, interesting and mixed-up individual”

    8. But He Will Mess Stuff Up In Public

    “In checks of credit and police records, particular attention should be given to any arrests for disorderly conduct, disturbing the peace, or similar offenses”

    https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP78-04007A000700110005-8.pdf

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