Aspen Daily News: A yearslong effort by some locals to remove or restrict kids’ access to certain graphic novels with mature themes at Garfield County’s six public libraries has been largely unsuccessful so far, even after county commissioners took a larger role in selecting library board members beginning in 2023. 

Several measures, including a restricted library card for kids, were considered by library trustees over the past year. But so far, the board has declined to implement any new policies due to reasons ranging from Colorado laws that prohibit restricting certain books to skepticism over whether there is a genuine problem to be solved when it comes to kids accessing adult books.

This has frustrated those in support of book restrictions who accuse the library district of not responding adequately to their concerns and say they simply want to protect young people from being exposed to what they have described as inappropriate library materials that depict sexual scenes. 

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