(WMOK) Metropolis, IL – Mayor Canada joined us this morning on the Coffee Break to discuss city business – following that segment – we moved to a “new segment” to discuss the topics of library censorship, prayer in the library, board appointments, and discussion of the Mayor’s concern with library appointments going back a few years.
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