Editor,
This is not the normal anti-personal fireworks in Battle Ground letter.
I could write about the explosions without displays that occur before and after the appointed time. One happened this morning. Each is a violation of state and possibly federal law, but nobody is looking for these people. I could write about people dealing with agitated pets. Or vets with post-traumatic stress disorder. I could personalize it. I go to bed at 10:30 every night, including New Year’s Eve and the 4th of July. This year, my neighbor decided to start setting off his fireworks at 11 p.m. I laid in bed for almost two hours tensed up with each explosion, which occurred just a few feet from my house.
The squeaky wheels go to the council meetings and cry about having to make money off of the misery that they cause to so many in our neighborhood. I support many charities but never one of them.
But this is a different letter. My money says that a minority support personal fireworks and that the majority would prefer that the city put on a show at a reasonable hour. So, what say you, City Council? Why not put it to a vote of all of the citizens of Battle Ground? Individual fireworks, or a show by the city that ends at a reasonable hour? I'm not betting on a response.
Rick Hauser
Battle Ground
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