??9. THAT DECISION WAS OVERTURNED. IF IT WERE A BOOK THIS STORY WOULD BE A REAL PAGE TURNER. THE CONTROVERSY IS BREWING OVER SOMETHING CALLED A LITTLE FREE LIBRARY. AND HALEY HARRISON TELLS US IT HAS THE CITY OF LEAWOOD AT ODDS WITH A NINE YEAR OLD BOY. HALEY? IT’S ESSENTIALLY A COMMUNAL BOOKSHELF IN SOMEONE’S FRONT YARD. AND IT’S SOMETHING SPENCER COLLINS WAS PROUD OF UNTIL THE CITY FORCED HIS PARENTS TO TAKE IT DOWN TODAY. ((SHOTS OF SPENCER READING) ) SPENCER COLLINS DOESN’T JUST DIVE INTO A BOOK HE SWIMS THROUGH ITS PAGES. CLIP 23 8.27 IT’S KIND OF LIKE I’M IN A WHOLE OTHER WORLD AND I LIKE THAT AND I LIKE ADVENTURE STORIES BECAUSE I’M IN THE ADVENTURE. .35 AND IT’S FUN. ((NATS CLIP 27, STACKING BOOKS) ) BUT WHEN THIS AVID READER WANTED TO SHARE HIS PASSION WITH HIS OTHERS THROUGH A LITTLE FREE LIBRARY. CLIP 23 7.09 THESE TWO SECTIONS WERE FOR ADULT AND CHAPTER BOOKS. CLIP 22 3.49 WHEN WE GOT HOME FROM VACATION THERE WAS A LETTER FROM THE CITY OF LEAWOOD SAYING THAT IT WAS IN CODE VIOLATION AND IT NEEDED TO BE DOWN BY THE 19TH. SO WEDNESDAY, THE PUBLIC BOOKSHELF MOVED TO THE GARAGE. CLIP 39 22.05 WE NEED TO TREAT EVERYBODY THE SAME. SO WE CAN’T SAY IF SOMEBODY FILES A COMPLAINT BUT WE LIKE THE LITTLE LIBRARIES, WE THINK THEY’RE CUTE, SO WE IGNORE IT. WE CAN’T DO THAT .17 CLIP 23 9.12 I DON’T LIKE IT. THIS SOON TO BE FOURTH GRADER IS NOW THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX. ((SHOW THE LIBRARY) ) CLIP 23. CLIP 23 10.03 I WOULD TELL THEM WHY IT’S GOOD TO THE COMMUNITY AND WHY THEY SHOULD DROP THE LAW .11 AND I JUST WANT TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT HOW GOOD IT IS .16 IN LEAWOOD, HALEY HARRISON, KMBC 9 NEWS. SPENCER HASN’T DECIDED WHICH UPCOMING COUNCIL MEETING HE’LL ATTEND. WE CALLED NEIGHBORING PRAIRIE
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