Controversy in Seattle over proposed fine increases

The Stranger, which bills itself as "Seattle's Only Newspaper", writes about a revenue enhancement scheme at the Seattle Public Library to increase money received from fines. 

The librarians are making some noise. Saying "someone in the outside world should know," a Seattle Public Library (SPL) staffer forwarded The Stranger a series of internal documents proposing policy changes designed to decrease services and extract money from the library's most vulnerable patrons: old people, poor people, immigrants, and children. (The staffer requested to remain anonymous, citing a "sort of 1984 atmosphere at the library these days... morale is low.")

This comes after the annoucement that the Seattle library is closing for a week to save money.