When I say I'm a regular there, I'm saying that I go there at least once a week. And when I say inadequate, it's based on the fact that more and more of the space is given over to videos such as movies, games and music. Because fewer and fewer people actually read books anymore! Unless they are by Stephen King, that Koontz guy, and John Grisham - who wrote pretty much the same legal thriller at least 25 times now along with some schlocky book about Christmas.
But I digress.
But I reply because I had the same experience as you a few months ago when the "mask mandate" suddenly, and for no good reason, became a thing in Newtown once again.
I was oblivious to this because I don't pay much attention to local news and was not aware a mask mandate was back in place. So I enter the library through the front door (most people enter it from the back) and spend about an hour perusing the shelves to get my books with no harassment whatsoever. I then go to the self-checkout area where you scan your card and then scan your books for check-out.
As I'm doing this, I get the shrill woman behind the desk saying "Sir, sir, sir" with her finger wagging..."Facemasks are now required in the library".
Mind you, this is after an hour of walking through the shelves and picking out my books and being totally unmolested.
So I just gather up my books, give her a smile and tell her to have a nice day.
Nothing ever came of it. I've been back there a good number of times since and nobody ever challenged me again.
Sorry to hear you actually got kicked out. The public library is one of the few things left to us that are actually worth the tax dollars we pay.
“The public library is one of the few things left to us that are actually worth the tax dollars we pay.”
Here in central Florida, my library is used as an afternoon day-care center—featuring the Spanish language.
Audiobooks are good.