Instead of recycling and reusing furniture, we are forced to buy into rampant consumerism by purchasing and bringing new, posh furniture into the community. This law has been passed in other cities around the nation in attempts to beautify neighborhoods, but this is irrelevant to The University community. The University of Akron is in a low-income community with many transient residents. Residents are losing their rights to a law that would only be useful in a community of homeowners. To improve the residential conditions of the community, it would be more practical to monitor housing, including inspecting plumbing and structural soundness, which have been mentioned in the news in recent months.
Authorities are also concerned about students burning couches in the street.
Face it, they are willing to take the extra five minutes to pull the furniture out the front door. A simple ordinance won't stop the practice. Masugaverse Productions Copyright 2000, The Buchtelite.