Don’t get me wrong, we’re as patriotic as the next guy. However, for the 17 years we have lived on the bluff on Bernie Drive we have had to put up with inconsiderate cretins directly across the greenway in Hazel Dell. These inconsiderate people start the Fourth every June 15, and continue to blow off bombs and Roman candles into the dry grass below our homes late into August. One can only assume they are unaware that a fire will take out their homes, too.
Oh, and these are not “legal” fireworks. These sound like military ordnance, rattling the windows and doors at all hours of the night. Our dogs are basket cases.
The police claim they cannot catch them, even though I can point right to the houses where these people set off their bombs. So much for making laws and then backing them up. I can only hope that someday the police catch these violators and levy a fine to fit the crime. A really, really big fine. Or just turn the dogs loose on them.
Charles and Michael Richardson
Vancouver
