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• concerned citizen // Jul 1, 2008 at 4:07 pm

  You would think the concern for the loss that we have recently suffered by our fires would make people not willing to risk using such devices. Regardless of our need to celebrate you country’s independence we need to remember that we have to protect our communities and what is important to us. Many people have lost homes, property and pets to recent fires. Let’s all pay our roll in keeping our community safe and lets be greatful for what we still have not lost to the many fires we’ve had. We should pay or thanks by respectfully declining to use fireworks this Forth of July.

• concerned citizen // Jul 1, 2008 at 4:08 pm

  You would think the concern for the loss that we have recently suffered by our fires would make people not willing to risk using such devices. Regardless of our need to celebrate you country’s independence we need to remember that we have to protect our communities and what is important to us. Many people have lost homes, property and pets to recent fires. Let’s all play our roll in keeping our community safe and lets be greatful for what we still have not lost to the many fires we’ve had. We should pay or thanks by respectfully declining to use fireworks this Forth of July.

• Efunbola Fatunmbi // Jul 4, 2008 at 11:25 pm

  I understand the legitimacy of the search and seizure of these illegal fireworks, but I feel that the recent fires in the county have created inappropriate biases in the county. In recent years, there have been no recorded fires as a direct result of fireworks during 4th of July celebrations, due to the county’s allowance of letting said celebrations to commence in areas that pose little threats.

  Having said that, I cannot stand here and say that Mr. Bailey is without blame, or is inappropriately imprisoned.

  What I will say is that I believe that it is unfair and illogical to put a ban on public beaches of incendiary fireworks for two reasons: firstly, the ignition of these incendiary devices presents very little threat in the way of creating uncontrolled fires, considering that public beaches contain lots of sand–which is certainly not flammable, and can actually be used to contain and subdue fires; secondly, a ban of such measures not only creates a financial burden for the city and county with the added cost of police and security teams to monitor access points to the beach, but it also encourages those people who are hoping to light fireworks to light them at their homes–which most certainly pose a much higher threat for fires that the beach would.

  It is a sad thing to see so many good people lose their homes because of arson or accidents creating wide-spread fires, but an attempt to institute a wide-spread ban on such materials is irrational, considering the possible damage that could be done in response to it.

  In closing, a search and seizure of Mr. Bailey’s property for said fireworks may be legally sanctioned, I don’t believe it to be morally sound–Mr. Bailey has not been said light said fireworks in unsound, illegal areas, nor has law enforcement said that they have proof of sales of such fireworks.

  In my opinion, he posed no threat to the community–it’s hard to start a crown fire on the beach.

• Rodin // Jul 5, 2008 at 2:13 pm

  The increased penalties have been put in force at least in part thanks to the efforts of many concerned citizens who have spent the last year urging stringent enforcement of laws. We have also stressed concerns about encouraging more people to move their fireworks into backyards and trees as happened last year and happened again this year. Furthermore, Mr. Bailey represented an extreme hazard in that his neighborhood, where he had stashed his explosives, was evacuated during the recent fire. Fortunately the fire was stopped, but I am not willing to have my home in Aptos placed in jeopardy to provide some idiot his jollies.

• michael macon // Jul 8, 2008 at 8:32 pm

  i went to the same hi school as will and i remeber him for fire works every year.

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