Wisconsin Library is Tough on Overdues!

In Grafton, Wisconsin, a library patron was arrested because she didn't pay her library fines. According to an AP story that appeared in today's Des Moines Register, the woman had received phone calls and notices about the matter, but she ignored them. One day, police officers came and took her away because of her failure to pay the fines. While I know there are library patrons who owe their public libraries hundreds of dollars, it seems that this Wisconsin patron, Heidi Dalibor, only owed approximately $30 for two overdue paperbacks. Hmmm...And I always thought my jokes about the "library police" were just jokes. It seems that Grafton actually has at least a couple of such officers! Ms. Dalibor, by the way, was freed by her mother who had to pay $172 to release her daughter.