When former Director Dawn Jenkin left Teton County Library, she didnât provide much explanation for her departure.
In the wake of a tumultuous few months in which Director Oscar Gittemeier left the post and volunteer Dail Barbour was removed from the library board, Jenkin has given a much lengthier account. She was motivated, she wrote in a report to the Teton County Board of County Commissioners, by overreach from Teton County administration and a desire to bring to light an effort when she was director to have her publicly toe the county line.
âI fear that I did not speak loudly or clearly enough about the lack of community transparency and profound disagreement over the legal and ethical boundaries of public library governance that forced my resignation,â she wrote to the commissioners.