Every day is a fight.
Your long-time readers are familiar with the case of Sanford Berman, Head Cataloger at the Hennepin County Library and a man I am extremely proud to have hired for that position, and one of my dearest friends. As already noted, I hired Sandy and also hired James Michael McConnell while at Hennepin. Each of them represented cases of freedom of expression in the workplace gone horribly awry. In McConnell's case, I hired him after the University of Minnesota fired him for his public marriage to another male. I will use the power of the presidency to advocate for free expression in the workplace and personally take up the support and defense of any and all librarians who are subject to attack for the expression of their views.