For the few Floridians who actually read, the future looks bleak. The Miami-Dade County School District voted last month to remove a children�s book on life in Cuba from school libraries. Board member Frank Bolanos called the vote “the right move and the courageous move.” The 5-2 vote is an appeal to a federal judge�s temporary order barring the removal of the children�s book, along with 23 others in the series. The book, �Vamos a Cuba� was going to be removed by the district after a parent complained that it inaccurately depicted life in Cuba.

The ACLU of Florida sued to keep the book available, arguing that rather than removing those books the board disagrees with, they ought to add more books to their collection. In July U.S. District Judge Alan S. Gold ruled in favor of the ACLU, writing that restricting access to the books “goes to the heart of the First Amendment issue.” After last month�s school board vote to appeal the ruling, ACLU spokesman Brandon Hensler said the board was “deciding to continue its senseless litigation and to waste taxpayer dollars that could be used to buy new books.”

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