Well, we survived another July 4 and the Kent City Council still has not banned fireworks. Thank you.
To all you whiners who regularly insist that a fireworks ban should be imposed, let’s address your concerns.
Noise. I’ve had a dog that couldn’t take the noise. Do what most folk do – get some “doggie downers” from the vet and keep your shivering shih tzu indoors. Remember, fireworks are not illegal throughout the state, but driving with your half-pint pooch on your lap is. Get a real dog.
Debris. My neighborhood has always cleaned up our street at the end of the evening. As my wife and I swept the pavement in front of our house at 11 p.m. (Kent’s curfew) no one else was igniting anything on our street. If you have late-night, untidy partiers in you neighborhood, you don’t have a fireworks problem, you have a neighbor problem. Talk to them. When I left for work at 7:30 a.m. on the 5th, our entire street was pristine. No debris.
If you really think a ban would solve your petty concerns, contact your friends – or better yet, the police – in Tukwila, Renton, Auburn or Federal Way and ask them how effective their bans are.
As long as the local Indian reservations continue to sell fireworks, there will be fireworks in our communities. I buy legal fireworks from the same stand every year and contribute to fundraisers by church groups, Boy Scouts, various charities and even this year, the NRA.
When was the last time “Boom City” on the Muckleshoot Reservation contributed profits to any Kent charity or civic group?
Enjoy fireworks like you did when you were a child. Stop whining.
– Perry Sobolik
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