Like many others, TNT Fireworks is losing business. Do you feel fireworks sales are really good for us?
Beginning with the 2009 celebration, the Fourth of July may have a distinctly different feel across this city. On April 21, voters will decide on Measure F, a new law that would ban fireworks in Compton. “Public safety is the foremost objective of this measure,” said resident Robert Ray, who supports the ban. “We have all experienced on past New Year’s Eves and Independence Days, the miserable air quality, the war-zone like atmosphere, and the increased demand on our public safety agencies. Fireworks also have detrimental effects on household pets.” The proposed law would make it “unlawful for any person to possess, store, offer for sale, expose for sale, sell for retail, use, discharge, or explode any fireworks within the city,” according to an impartial analysis by City Attorney Craig Cornwell. Under California law, cities are allowed to prohibit the sale and use of fireworks within their borders. Currently, the city of Compton prohibits the use of fireworks in public parks without a
