Two letters to the editor by George Deering and Rodney Mack about fireworks (Dec. 4, Kent Reporter) made me carefully reread award-winning Kent Reporter Steve Hunter’s article with the headline, “City of Kent seeks to keep state-shared revenues.”
At the bottom Hunter wrote, “Kent opposes any bill that might remove local control on fireworks regulations and bans.”
May I suggest replacing the word “bill” for “vote”?
Fireworks banners, rejoice. There’s your answer.
Sorry to say, no way, no how is Kent going to ban fireworks because the city is addicted to fireworks sales tax. It must be a whopper of a number that the city can’t imagine giving up.
So vote all you want, Kent citizens. Kent City Hall will keep thumbing its nose at election outcomes with righteous justification because greedy control freaks at City Hall have a bad habit.
Maybe Kent voters need some outside legal or civil fireworks demanding to uphold the vote. Got ACLU?
In the meantime, let me be the first to welcome you to the Banana Republic of Kent.
– Joy Etienne
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