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Not independent of illegal fireworks!

I'd like to commend the citizens on my side of town for being more conservative with their fireworks useage this year. Maybe it's the weather. Hopefully Forest Grove Park won't be the site of the "professional mortar" show like they've done in the past couple of years. There is no water source there, there are no emergency crew present, there's no fire department waiting to put out any fires caused by flying embers, it's insanely loud to those of us who have to live right next door, and they leave a god-awful mess that takes over a week to disappear.  Yes, it's a wide-open field. But it's a field of grass, with neighbors who have wooded lots. Not to mention that while the display is bright and brilliant and beautiful, it's illegal, and it's being done on town property.

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