And so it begins. Last year I said that you can’t give a child a candy bar and tell him he can’t eat it for a week. The same is true for adults and fireworks.
But wait. The Vancouver City Council passed an ordinance prohibiting the sale of fireworks until July 2. So here it is June 29 and the bombs are bursting in air. What happened? Did it occur to them that the fanatics could stockpile last year’s purchases? Or did they listen to Lars Larson on the radio promoting the current sale of fireworks just north of the city limits? Either way the council must be drinking too much Kool-Aid.
They need to get real with this issue. Limit the size of these objects to something that stays close to the ground and get rid of those bombs that scare the bejesus out of our pets.
Barbara Ramsey
Vancouver
