I would like to add a little clarity as to why Clark County is receiving so many fireworks complaints — somewhere in the neighborhood of 1,700. Fifty, 40 or, even, 30 years ago, Clark County was basically rural and agricultural. When people celebrated the Fourth of July, their neighbors were usually an acre or more away. Fireworks did not include the gigantic noisemakers we hear today.
Today in Clark County, agricultural land is rapidly being replaced and in most cases a neighbor is only 10 feet or less away. Veterans, people suffering from PTSD, people with other conditions aggravated by noise, air pollution and pulsating light — and, of course, animals — are severely impacted. Most affected usually cannot leave their homes to avoid these conditions, and no longer voice their concerns as they have been ignored, ridiculed or bullied in recent years.
Safety, sanity and livability is rapidly declining in Clark County. Clark County councilors, mayors, city council members and, yes, citizens of Clark County, we are no longer the Clark County of old. The problems associated with the use of fireworks must be addressed. Money for the sale of fireworks must no longer take front and center in the discussion of how the population is being impacted.
