Fireworks make best holiday of year better...

Fireworks make best holiday of year better

I read the responses to the fireworks issue and would like to put

my opinion in.

I have lived in Costa Mesa my entire life, and fireworks have been

part of every Fourth of July in our family. We grew up doing them at

our house and my grandfather’s house with my cousins. There were

always adults around when we were doing them, and we were taught how

to be careful with them. Not until we were in high school were we

allowed to light any ourselves. Now, our children have grown up with

fireworks and know how to act around them and be safe. We have always

had other families join in with us, and each Fourth of July has been

a great time. The kids anticipate the day and can’t wait for it to

get dark enough so the fun can begin.

I would like to see Costa Mesa keep a tradition that has been

around for decades and makes the holiday special. Illegal fireworks

will always be around whether a city has legal fireworks. People will

find a way to bring them in and set them off. If fireworks are

banned, thousands of people will not be able to participate in the

few shows that are around. There are not enough of them to

accommodate everyone.

As for accidents happening on the Fourth, they are few and far

between. In all the years I have been around fireworks, we haven’t

personally seen any or heard of anyone we know who had trouble.

As for the eyesores that the stands make, it is only for a few

weeks, and seeing them up makes the anticipation more exciting. They

are a good fund-raiser, and some programs get their whole year’s

budget from them with a few hard days’ work.

I would hope that the city of Costa Mesa will be able to keep

fireworks as a tradition for many more years to come. They would be

greatly missed and change the whole atmosphere of the best holiday

this nation has.

JEANINE BASS

Costa Mesa

Fireworks a detrimental piece of Costa Mesa life

We live in the Mesa Del Mar tract and, as we are senior citizens,

the noise, smoke and all-around disturbance has a detrimental affect

on our lives. We have called the police each year to complain about

the noise from the fireworks, but to no effect.

We think it is about time the City Council steps up to the plate

and bans the sale and use of fireworks in our city.

JEWEL, MARY and

ELLEN MCQUAID

Costa Mesa

Issa confirms Costa Mesa as gullible town

Oh wow, Rep. Darrell Issa has put Costa Mesa on the map as perhaps

the most gullible and foolish city in America. The fact that so many

Costa Mesans mindlessly signed his million-dollar recall effort

should attest to how easy it is to subvert democracy with money and

propaganda.

Let me set things straight for our city’s most conservative and

ignorant residents: Gov. Gray Davis did not create the recession, did

not aid Enron in manipulating the energy markets, nor did he crash a

plane into the World Trade Center. His competence and character may

be questioned, but if we were to recall all politicians possessing

such a dubious track record, then most of the House and Senate would

be empty.

If our city’s residents are intent on not paying any taxes for

this deficit, then they better not complain when our children get

stuck with the bill (in higher tuition costs), or when our city lacks

the necessary police, fire, health, and social services for its

residents.

BOB ZUCKERMAN

Costa Mesa