New Year’s Eve fireworks, not the same as 4th of July fireworks at all (Photo: MvB)
For an all-too-brief moment, it seemed the pets of Whoville Seattle could breathe easy. 2014 would bring a summer without 4th of July explosions in the sky — always just after sunset, maybe the sun-ball had popped? The pets couldn’t say — and without August’s weird overhead shrieking that smells distinctly of jet fuel. But then the downtown man with fur on his face (and sometimes wheels for legs), announced (sadly without an obvious rhyme scheme):
Mayor McGinn
A fireworks show on the Fourth of July is a civic tradition. I, like many Seattle residents, was disappointed to learn last week that there would not be fireworks this year at Gas Works Park. That’s why I am delighted to announce that we are working with Seafair and the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce to craft a new and sustainable plan for Fourth of July fireworks in Seattle. I am optimistic that we will indeed have fireworks this year in our city.
A fireworks show, a civic tradition? Why, it’s a pop-up of migraines…in a million editions!
As for Seafair’s air show, it will go on without the Blue Angels, with the Patriots Jet Team instead.
Publisher & Editor in Chief [twitter] MvB moved to Seattle in 1987 to attend Seattle University, and his affection for things with Seattle in the name is as yet undiminished. Earlier incarnations have seen him wearing marketing hats at Seattle Opera and the San Francisco Examiner. He wrote for Seattlest from 2005-09, becoming arts editor and editor-in-chief before leaving to found The SunBreak in September 2009. View all posts by Michael van Baker
2 thoughts on “How the McGinnch Saved 4th of July Fireworks”
Never fear — he’s only “optimistic” that we’ll have fireworks “this year” in “our city”. Indeed.
Never fear — he’s only “optimistic” that we’ll have fireworks “this year” in “our city”. Indeed.
This one’s optimistic!