After reading the thoughtful and spot-on letter from Carrie Stark, I find it a shame that the Kent Reporter had to publish the opposing letter from Perry Sobolik.
The downsides of the fireworks activities are visited on others … the fire danger, the abysmal noise environment and the trash that many of the users feel no obligation to clean up themselves.
My neighborhood has several such examples, some who refused to clean up even when asked to do so two days later, requiring my family to do it for them because we prefer not to live in a trashy environment, thank you.
Just what the logic is that Mr. Sobolik is invoking to justify the imposition on others is not quite clear. I learned better than that in grade school (your right to swing your fist ends where another’s chin begins).
Let’s ban this uneven “rights” allocation in the city of Kent just as other enlightened communities already have. Let the hoons find some place beyond settled areas to create their havoc. I doubt that many of them are really celebrating Independence Day anyway, they’re likely just celebrating the opportunity to somehow be heard, and maybe do some damage along the way.
– Don McMeen
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