And the point is what? We know that city halls dont have the nuts to take away the debauchery and drunken orgies that we have all come to expect,especially when the mayor of Nampa, Bob Henry, just announced his candidacy for re-election. The same is true in Caldwell with mayor Garret Nancolis. Why in the world would we expect public safety to be a priority? Hopefully Boise fire chief Dennis Doan and attorney general Lawrence Wasden have started the ball rolling with their efforts.

Brian, they put forth a bill last year that the Legislature voted down. I don’t see it progressing any further in the Legislature, particularly in an election year.

EDITOR NOTE–For clarification, didn’t the bill get held out from actual consideration?

Eastie;

The Legislature created this mess by crafting an intentionally vague and unenforceable law. Fireworks are illegal, except that they’re not. And, I hate to cite the Statesman but, their story last week was telling. They reached out to individuals who were members of the session that created the current fireworks law and guess what. They all have memory loss. None of them “can remember” how the legislation got created.

Local law enforcement in any community does not have the resources to chase down all the violators. The numbers just aren’t there. Then you throw “within the current budget”, which I suppose means no overtime for additional personnel. So it’s impossible.

You can try to blame city officials (PD, Fire, Mayor, Council) all you want but the Legislature caused this.

Don’t call police or 911 with a fireworks complaint. Call your legislator.

This issue can’t be addressed on a local level until the Legislature fixes the law.

Wolf, Not quite.
What do you propose the Idaho legislature does to prevent me from buying fireworks out of state and lighting those in my backyard?
Still illegal, right? Boise and Ada police are not interested in pursuing such a violation. Apparently, even YOU don’t care if I burn your house down with stuff I bought outside of Idaho. Party on!
One citation?

The mess of the Idaho law is ONLY that it allows someone to buy something that is illegal of which using it within Idaho is illegal. It allows me to buy something- private property. So what?
Suppose Eperling and others get their wish. So it’s illegal to buy aerial fireworks within Idaho- then what? Problem may be reduced but it is not gone. Then will you and Boise police change your mind? “Oh, okay, now we’ll go enforce the ban…” That is ridiculous.
There still needs to be enforcement at the point of the offence.

Whether I buy it in Idaho or elsewhere, it is still ILLEGAL to use.
VERY MUCH like Oregon marijuana. ISP is more than happy to pursue people who buy it LEGALLY and possess it illegally within Idaho. Why? Well, there is much more more opportunity for fines and civil forfeiture for that ‘crime’. They even develop a multi-unit task force for the explicit purpose of pursuing Oregon weed.
No official says, ‘Well, that’s an unfunded mandate to chase the out-of-state drugs so we’re not gonna do it.” Boise police is not saying, “that’s impossible, so we’re not even going to try. And The Wolf agrees with us”.
One citation?

Imagine, calling your police to report your neighbor has a meth house and hearing, “Don’t call the police. Call your legislator.”

Eastie,

What I propose is to vote out the legislators that have been there more than 3 terms. They’re just relishing in the power and travel.

Really, this is not a new issue. But it is not a church issue, a human rights issue, a republican issue or a womens’ issue, so they shove it back in the drawer without much attention.

There are fewer coppers in Boise now than 5 years ago. What does that say?

leb

And back to the top of the page for a moment, “firetruck full of kids”?
Where was that?
That seems inappropriate to me.

‘the pyro-fan can simply go to the nearest Indian Reservation”
You’re assuming that everyone who now drives to Canyon would go that far. Silly.

“July 4th to noon on the fifth there were 10 DUI arrests in Ada County.”
Apples and oranges, babe. Silly.

“So what does Chief Bones say about it ?”
Good question. Did you ask him?

“…don’t you bickering idiots understand what an amazing thing we have here?”

Why don’t you ask that question to the people displaced at Edgewater Apartments? Or ask the people up at Warm Springs Mesa and Table Rock area about last year’s fire.

Look, it’a big city and there are lots of people. Many many thousands. Heck, who needs stop lights and stop signs? Just because a few cause accidents in uncontrolled interceptions why should the rest of us have to be inconvenienced?

Same thing with the dogs at Esther Simplot Park, there’s just too many of them so rules have to be enacted and enforced.

Far as I can tell, there’s no constitutional guarantee for aerial fireworks or taking your dog everywhere you go.

Simple.