MADISON, Wis. — People stealing textbooks on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus and trading them in for cash is a growing problem, and an alderman is proposing an ordinance aimed at helping students.
Alderman Eli Judge said he hopes to push an ordinance through the City Council this week to address the problem.
“What it helps to do is it adds secondhand textbook dealers to a list of other vendors that requires people who are trying to sell a secondhand product, and what it does is make them show a proof of ID,” Judge said.