Comments on: Ada Commishes Ban Fireworks

By: crim445

crim445 — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 11:42:59 +0000

It is not an unusual move, they do it every single year. Every Single YEAR! Check it at the county clerks office.

By: Gordon

Gordon — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 05:25:44 +0000

In an unusual move—and a sensible one at that …

Fraz: in the above line, lifted from your story, is a bit of redundancy or superfluity (is that a word?) …

Anyway, if you had just said, “In a sensible move …”
We’d have *all* known it was unusual!

By: T.J.

T.J. — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 19:05:01 +0000

Bikeboy: Did you mean Jack Noble? Alan Noble is a land developer going back 30 years ago and is a big Boise State supporter, I think.

By: bikeboy

bikeboy — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 19:17:17 +0000

Here’s a strange fireworks / land use / politics story from our neighbors to the west – Oregon.

Evidently the Oregon House Majority Leader also owns Western Fireworks (coincidence, I’m sure). And he crafted some legislation about how agricultural land can be used. One of the approved uses is “… aerial fireworks companies in operation on the land … since December 1986.” So, he can operate on agricultural land, but none of his Johnny-come-lately competitors can.

(It’s desirable to operate on farmland, because there are numerous restrictions on operating a fireworks business in a populated area, or even an industrial park, as you can probably imagine.)

more info: http://wweek.com/editorial/3234/7706

Is this a little like Alan Noble’s efforts to change the law so that saloons only have to be 498 feet from schools, rather than 500? (And his saloon was 498 feet from a Melba school?)

Politics – it’s dirty, nasty business… but somebody has to do it, I guess.

By: Porcupine

Porcupine — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 10:11:37 +0000

With this wise move it makes me wonder if I should have voted against Judy……nah I still voted the right way…. off with their heads…..