Baghdad, No. Belgrade, no. Washington DC, no. How about Tacoma, Washington State, USA? How about Oklahoma City, OK, Alexandria, VA and so on. Despite local newspaper reports that a fireworks ban is obviously working, I’m typing to the sounds of pop-pop-pop and see shells going off outside my window that are not part of the official fireworks, despite the threat of a US $257 fine (no idea where that number came from; it is the local fine). Right, Crackdown seems to quiet fireworks My summary on that is someone at the NewsTribune is taking drugs, or is doing a public service by hiding the facts.
Neighborhood fireworks apparently fizzled in Tacoma this holiday under the threat of a $257 fine.
Though citation statistics won’t be available until at least Thursday, Tacoma Police Department spokesman Mark Fulghum confirmed what your ears are telling you.
“Everybody that I’ve talked to says the same thing,” Fulghum said this evening. “It’s a lot quieter than it used to be.”
The city recently announced it would begin enforcing a new fireworks ordinance. Though fireworks have been banned in Tacoma since 1992, violators usually received a warning or lecture.
In a city surrounded by jurisdictions with legal fireworks, and Indian Reservations selling really neat fireworks (all legal under federal rules, and yes made in China), guess what, fireworks are available. Wow, those shells were really near. And fireworks are EVIL, just like Bush is EVIL.
This is a conflict of nannyism and reality. Why are fireworks evil? In an area with large rainfalls?
I agree fireworks in Southern CA are a dumb idea. Need to be banned.
