Posted on 06/03/2008 11:17:42 AM PDT by JZelle
The nation's capital is expected Tuesday to consider an emergency plan to ban fireworks before the Fourth of July weekend.
The plan is being proposed by Mayor Adrian M. Fenty, a Democrat, and is drawing mixed reaction among the city's 13 council members.
"I hear complaints all the time," said D.C. Council member Jim Graham, a Ward 1 Democrat who worked with the mayor on the bill. "July Fourth and few days before and a few days after, [fireworks] are going off all night."
Some residents on Monday were more expressive.
"It's dangerous for kids," said John McCall, of Northeast. "There's a mess after it's over and fireworks land in my yard, then go off. The whole thing is very unruly. Some of these things are like bombs."
City police and fire officials said last year they responded to 4,000 complaints during one 12-hour period and put out 14 fires related to fireworks.
Other council members say they are reluctant to ban the American tradition.
"Personally, I want to be able to play with sparklers in the back yard with my kids," said council member Kwame Brown, at-large Democrat. "But I have to listen to the residents [who] say they don't want them anymore."
The bill would ban the sale and use of all fireworks and give the Metropolitan Police Department the authority to enforce the ban and fine people who violate the law. It would not ban the use of fireworks by professional pyrotechnics handlers.
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And they are going to enforce this just as judiciously as they enforce the gun ban?
What a riot. The DC City Council couldn’t close an umbrella.
The ONLY thing the DC government well is: Ticket cars and tow cars. All the rest is a roll of the dice.
...and it will be virtually ignored and unenforced like all the other firework "bans" across the country.
What a riot. The DC City Council couldn’t close an umbrella.
The ONLY thing the DC government well is: Ticket cars and tow cars. All the rest is a roll of the dice.
I once saw a list of things that were dangerous for kids and fireworks were -way- down on the list. You want dangerous? Try skateboards.
If the parents really cared about the safety of their kids, they wouldn't live in DC. It's time for parents to start setting rules for their kids, not the gov't.
EXACTLY....and I used to look forward to the 4th of July....now....because my dog is sooooo distressed I dread the night of the 4th....in our city, where they have BANNED fireworks.....this year, I've decided she gets to sleep in our bed with us. Maybe then, we'll get some sleep.
-- John Adams to Abigail Adams, July 3rd, 1776.
When can we finally declare the peanuthead mayor of Washington DC and his city council of inner city crackheads to be un-American scumbags and remove them from our national city?
The leftists in DC won’t mind the ban. They hate anything that reminds them of the glorious history of the USA.
Chocolate City”
Uh, what’s happening CC?
They still call it the White House
But that’s a temporary condition, too.
Can you dig it, CC?
To each his reach
And if I don’t cop, it ain’t mine to have
But I’ll be reachin’ for ya
‘Cause I love ya, CC.
Right on.
There’s a lot of chocolate cities, around
We’ve got Newark, we’ve got Gary
Somebody told me we got L.A.
And we’re working on Atlanta
But you’re the capital, CC
Gainin’ on ya!
Get down
Gainin’ on ya!
Movin’ in and on ya
Gainin’ on ya!
Can’t you feel my breath, heh
Gainin’ on ya!
All up around your neck, heh heh
Hey, CC!
They say your jivin’ game, it can’t be changed
But on the positive side,
You’re my piece of the rock
And I love you, CC.
Can you dig it?
Hey, uh, we didn’t get our forty acres and a mule
But we did get you, CC, heh, yeah
Gainin’ on ya
Movin’ in and around ya
God bless CC and its vanilla suburbs
Gainin’ on ya!
Gainin’ on ya!
Gainin’ on ya! (heh!)
Gainin’ on ya!
Gainin’ on ya!
What’s happening, blood?
Gainin’ on ya!
Gainin’ on ya!
Gainin’ on ya!
Yeah!
What’s happening, black?
Brother black, blood even
Yeah-ahh, just funnin’
Gettin’ down
Ah, blood to blood
Ah, players to ladies
The last percentage count was eighty
You don’t need the bullet when you got the ballot
Are you up for the downstroke, CC?
Chocolate city
Are you with me out there?
And when they come to march on ya
Tell ‘em to make sure they got their James Brown pass
And don’t be surprised if Ali is in the White House
Reverend Ike, Secretary of the Treasure
Richard Pryor, Minister of Education
Stevie Wonder, Secretary of FINE arts
And Miss Aretha Franklin, the First Lady
Are you out there, CC?
A chocolate city is no dream
It’s my piece of the rock and I dig you, CC
God bless Chocolate City and its (gainin’ on ya!) vanilla suburbs
Can y’all get to that?
Gainin’ on ya!
Gainin’ on ya!
Easin’ in
Gainin’ on ya!
In yo’ stuff
Gainin’ on ya!
Huh, can’t get enough
Gainin’ on ya!
Gainin’ on ya!
Be mo’ funk, be mo’ funk
Gainin’ on ya!
Can we funk you too
Gainin’ on ya!
Right on, chocolate city!
Yeah, get deep
Real deep
Heh
Be mo’ funk
Mmmph, heh
Get deep
Bad
Unh, heh
Just got New York, I’m told
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