It’s time to restrict July 4th fireworks sales | LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Published 12:52 pm Sunday, June 28, 2015

To the editor:

With forest fires now raging across the West and forecasts of higher temps going forward, are we really going to allow fireworks?

Having fought fires caused by fireworks and seen such loss, I feel that it’s time to restrict all fireworks displays to be handled only by pyrotechnic professionals and fired over the Sound and not over tinder dry grasses, homes and forests. Terrified animals are also victims of fireworks.

The millions of dollars spent each year on fireworks could be better spent toward our heroic veterans and their families and not blown up in smoke. Perhaps quiet meditation and thanks for all the brave lives lost for our freedom rather than “the bombs bursting in air.”

NINA JACKSON

Bainbridge Island