What Your $3 Million Library Tax Hike Is Really Funding

Clallam County Watchdog · Mar 26, 2026 · 35m

The library says it’s broke—but the receipts tell a different story. While warning of cuts and asking voters for millions more, NOLS has already spent over $50,000 on DEI consultants, curated “community conversations,” and ideological programming that raises a bigger question: are taxpayers funding services—or a transformation?

The North Olympic Library System wants voters to believe it’s facing a financial cliff.

Without a $3 million levy lid lift, they warn, services will be cut, hours reduced, and reserves exhausted. The situation, they say, is unsustainable.

But before taxpayers agree to…