Stop the Indoctrination:

Vote NO on Montrose Library Measures 6A and 6B

Protect Our Kids and Our Wallets!

Montrose County Voters: Your Ballots Arrive Starting October 11, 2025

Act Now to Defend Family Values!

As mailboxes across Montrose County fill with ballots for the November 4, 2025 election, one thing is crystal clear: the Montrose Regional Library District (MRLD) is back at your door, begging for more of your hard-earned tax dollars. But this isn't about books and quiet reading corners anymore. It's about funding a relentless push of LGBTQ+ propaganda, controversial "story times," and programs that undermine the traditional family values that make Montrose a special place to raise our children.

Measures 6A and 6B aren't innocent extensions of a "temporary" tax hike, they're a permanent power grab that will lock in higher property taxes forever while supercharging the library's divisive agenda. We've seen the photos: displays and events that prioritize radical ideologies over wholesome education. If child grooming is building trust to exploit and desensitize kids to inappropriate behavior, as experts define it, then why is our library hosting RGB story times and diversity pushes that fly in the face of Montrose's core principles?

Don't let the slick "Keep Your Library Strong" campaign fool you. The library already got everything it promised in 2017. Now, it's time to say NO. Here's why you must vote against both measures, and how they're connected to a broader political assault on our community.

Measure 6A: No to Permanent Tax Hikes for Radical Agendas

Back in 2017, voters generously approved a "temporary" 0.85 mill levy increase – bumping the total from 3.0 to 3.85 mills – with a clear expiration in 2027. In exchange, the MRLD swore to deliver five specific goals. And guess what? They've done it. The library's open seven days a week, the collection has exploded (thanks to joining networks like Marmot, Libby, and Kanopy, plus that odd "Library of Things"), programs for all ages are ramped up, and they've even spruced up buildings with HVAC upgrades and a telehealth room in Naturita.

They've kept their word, so why make this tax hike permanent now locked in forever,
no sunset, no accountability.

But here's the real kicker: this money isn't just for books. It's fueling the very controversies that have turned our library into a battleground. LGBTQ+ "diversity" displays, story times that introduce young children to gender-bending themes, these aren't neutral. They're deliberate efforts to normalize what many Montrose families see as harmful to our kids' innocence. Books and promotions that prioritize activist agendas over timeless family reading.

We've achieved the goals. Let the levy expire as promised. Vote NO on 6A to force real accountability and stop subsidizing this "garbage," as one concerned parent put it.

Measure 6B: Don't Let Denver Politicians, or Local Activists,
Dilute Your Voice with Unchecked Spending

If 6A is bad, 6B is the escape hatch that makes it worse. In 2024, the Colorado Legislature wisely capped property tax revenue growth for special districts like ours at 5.25% annually – a safeguard against runaway spending. But the MRLD wants you to waive that limit, claiming Montrose's growth (hello, new residents discovering our beautiful area!) demands it.

Without 6B, even if 6A passes, the levy gets effectively halved due to the cap. The library projects 11% growth in 2026, whining about losing $400,000 – or about $13 more per year on that $500,000 home if waived. They say it's like the old TABOR fights, and voters should decide, not "politicians in Denver."

Sounds reasonable? Think again. Waiving this cap means unlimited growth in taxes and spending, ratcheting up year after year with no brakes. That extra cash? Straight to more "innovative programs" like teen advisory boards churning out literary magazines on identity politics, "Teens Teach Tech" sessions laced with far left-wing talking points, and adult "crafternoons" that veer into current events indoctrination.

Remember 1999? Voters waived TABOR limits then, and look where it's led: a library more focused on social engineering than serving all families equally. A NO on 6B enforces fiscal discipline and starves the beast funding these controversies. Let the cap do its job – Vote NO on 6B!

The Political Puppet Masters: Dems, Recalls, and Local Insiders

This isn't grassroots, it's orchestrated. The "Library YES!" issues committee, pushing both measures, lists Stephanie Williams as its registered agent. Coincidence? She's also the filing agent for the Recall Scott Mijares Committee, both registered with the Secretary of State just a week apart in 2025. Mijares, our steadfast county commissioner fighting for transparency and conservative values, is under siege from the same crowd now targeting your wallet.

And who's hosting the Library YES! website? None other than Tonya Maddox, the former Daily Press publisher desperate to stay "relevant" through her Our Town Matters platform. Maddox, a self-proclaimed community booster, has pivoted from journalism to activism, amplifying the very forces eroding Montrose's family-first ethos. This smells like a far left-wing Democrat playbook: recall a conservative leader, then fund the institutions pushing their agenda with our taxes.

It's no secret – the left's playbook is clear: divide, indoctrinate, and tax. But Montrose isn't Denver. We're a community of ranchers, families, and faith-driven folks who cherish our values. Don't let outsiders dictate our libraries.

Your Family, Your Vote: Time to Draw the Line

Montrose parents deserve libraries that uplift, not undermine. Wholesome story times with classics like The Very Hungry Caterpillar, not RGB spectacles that confuse our littlest ones. Traditional collections, not "diversity" shelves stocked with grooming-adjacent materials.

The 2017 levy was a fair deal – temporary support for specific promises, now fulfilled. Extending it permanently while waiving growth caps? That's a blank check for controversy.

Voters: When your ballot arrives after October 11, grab a pen and circle NO on 6A and NO on 6B. Mail it back immediately. Drop it at a center. Show up on November 4.

Share this with your neighbors, your church group, your PTA. Talk at the coffee shop. Post on Nextdoor. Montrose's future – our kids' innocence, our tax dollars, our values, depends on it.

Let's keep our library a sanctuary for learning, not a hotspot for ideology. Vote NO on 6A and 6B, for Montrose, for our families, for tomorrow.

Michael J Badagliacco, “MJB”

Michael is the father of five and grandfather of three, United States Air Force Veteran, International Recording Artist, passionate about the United States of America and the founders Genius of the Constitution and Editor-in-Chief, Colorado DOGE Report (coDOGEreport.com).