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Palin on at least three occasions asked the Wasilla librarian about banning books. When the librarian refused to ban any books, Palin fired her. Palin has claimed the firing was not related to the book banning question, rather because she did not have the support of the librarian.
I will ask again, since when does the mayor need the support of the local librarian?
It is in the damn snopes article you cite:
Taylor Griffin, a spokesman for the McCain campaign, said that Palin asked the head librarian, Mary Ellen Emmons, on three occasions how she would react to attempts at banning books…
Palin notified Emmons she would be fired in January 1997 because the mayor didn’t feel she had the librarian’s “full support.” Emmons was reinstated the next day after public outcry, according to newspaper reports at the time.
