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.
