Fireworks From the Email InBox

Pa:

1) In the paper it said the fireworks were going to be sold at Stater's parking lot. Not so. Staters would not lease a spot for $1.

2) Council is afraid to take a stand against it. It is an election year.

3) Council picks what area it wants safe from fire. The rest of GT can burn.


Paw Answers:

You are right one of the articles said Stater's Parking Lot. It was not posted here because of that error. However, I think it is correct to say Future Stater's parking lot on property currently owned by the City, being held for Jack Brown at the City's Expense. Which brings additional logic problems regarding the City's Ban of Use of Fireworks in City Parks.

You are right that the City Council is fearful of the Sports Team Parents. Yet if you polled the Parents not the Management of the Teams you'll find many who are against the firework sales.

You are part right about the City Council Picking where there is a need for protection or designation of High Risk Areas. They used a Fire Marshals Map to draw the lines. I'd like to see the original Fire Marshals Map to see if they adjusted the lines. Most notable about the problem with the map is the fact that the Colton side of Canal can not be regulated as a high risk fire area. The idea that the fire would not spread once started is also fiction. Ask the folks who got burned out in San Diego. The City's Proposed code should ban all use of fireworks during a red flag week and day. Perhaps even stopping the sale if the NOAA predicts Red Flag days during the period of sale and use. Perhaps they should close Canal Street for the week.

YOU ARE RIGHT THEY ARE STILL WILLING TO LET YOUR HOUSE BURN, in exchange for sports trophies for every child. The teams could economise the income from the Fireworks is spent on trinkets and dust collectors. It is not right to risk a home or an eye or a burned person for this reason. You are Right is just Wrong.

IT Will take a massive fire to wake up this Council and perhaps the general population. They are not good leaders in this issue and others I don't think many of them will be elected because they supported fireworks. The accumulation of their acts have pre determined the election outcome. To bad they have not got the guts to do something right before they leave office. But, like the Fonz they can't say they did something Wr.. wrrr wrrr wrrr WRONG.

Here is the News Paper Article that has WRONG information.

'Fireworks free' zone studied in Grand Terrace
Stephen Wall, Staff Writer
Posted: 04/11/2010 09:31:42 PM PDT
Updated: 04/11/2010 09:41:25 PM PDT

GRAND TERRACE - Setting aside an area where fireworks could not be discharged on the Fourth of July will be discussed Tuesday by the City Council.
In February, the council agreed to let voters decide in November whether to ban the sale and discharge of fireworks citywide. At the same time, the council said it would allow fireworks to be sold and discharged this year.
The council also directed city staff to prepare a map designating a "no fireworks" zone in parts of the city where the fire hazard is greatest.
Most of the proposed "no fireworks" area is around the base of Blue Mountain.
The boundaries of the zone are west of La Cadena Drive; east of Oriole Avenue; east of Whistler Street; east of Dos Rios Avenue; east of Preston Street; and north of Brentwood Street.
The cost to enforce the ban in the safety zone would be included in the city's operating budget for law enforcement services, according to a report by Joyce Powers, community and economic development director.
Grand Terrace is not the first area to consider designating a "no fireworks" area. San Bernardino prohibits fireworks in the foothills north of 30th Street.
In separate but related matter, the council will discuss a proposed agreement with TNT Fireworks for city sports leagues to sell fireworks from a booth in front of a Stater Bros. market on Barton Road.
Under the agreement, fireworks could be sold on the property from June 28 through July 4.
"I'm definitely in favor of the election," Mayor Maryetta Ferre said. "I'm in favor of allowing the youth groups to sell fireworks this Fourth of July. And I would very much like to safeguard Blue Mountain."