Sheffield is a Giant Broken Window

 

If you don't know the "Broken Window Theory," it states that a building can sit abandoned for 20 or so years and remain untouched, but if someone throws a rock through one window, in a matter of weeks, all the windows in the structure will be broken. We can apply it here to Sheffield trash.

After all, why keep your lawn clean and neat if no one else does? It might be garbage, trash, or just weeds growing in the gutter, but if you allow them to accumulate, it says something about you.

Apparently Sheffield code enforcement officers are too busy checking dates on retail fire extinguishers to cite residents whose homes look like they belong on Tobacco Road. Did you ever wonder how John Elkington must have laughed at you behind your backs?

How about the residents of nicer areas? Their guests must pass through endless trash to arrive at their homes. These individuals should make a point to complain also.

Is it just the citizens? No! If a resident places a discarded item of furniture on the curb to be picked up, he or she should have every expectation of it being removed within a week, certainly within two weeks. Yet the City of Sheffield fails to do its job...over and over.

The theme for Sheffield should be: Taking out the Trash in August 2025!