An author who homeschools her five children had her book signing at a public library canceled due to a phone call from the city’s mayor.

“Initially, I called around to the local media last week announcing the program and book signing which was to take place Thursday at the Jonesborough Public Library,” Haskins said. “The purpose at the time was just to get the word out about it.

“I was later told that the library had canceled the event at the request of the mayor, which was something I disagreed with because it is a public library; they’re independently run and cannot be told what they can and can’t do by a public official like Mr. Jaynes.”

The mayor denies he told the library staff to cancel the event, but then goes on to say that he told them to reconsider having it in the future. Let me get this straight in my head: you called them to complain, but didn’t tell them to cancel, but told them to think twice about trying something like that again. No, that doesn’t sound too dictatorial.

What could be the reasoning for speaking out against parents taking the time and effort to homeschool the children they brought into the world? What reason could there be for the mayor’s call to the library?

“I didn’t think that it was right to promote something against the Washington County school system,” he said. “I did not say anything to the fact telling them not to have the program.

“I just said maybe you ought to rethink it,” he said. “For each kid that we don’t have in our school system, it’s $7,000 (we don’t get). I did not tell anyone that we were losing the money, we’re just not getting it.”

What a total and complete jackass.

Homeschoolers typically perform better than public school kids in academic contests, including the National Spelling Bee. But this guy is more concerned with $7000 than he is with children getting the best education they can get. Typical bureaucrat.

It’s a bad day when a home school mom is not welcome in a public library.