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Article: Our views: ; Fireworks; The Fourth of July must include fireworks along the Kanawha River
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- Charleston Daily Mail
- Article date:
- May 2, 2001
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NO fireworks on the Fourth of July? No fireworks on the Fourth of
July in the capital city of the state of West Virginia? Goodness
gracious. There are all kinds of crises in this world, and
sacrifices must be made, but up with this we cannot put.
A Fourth of July without fireworks would be like Thanksgiving
without turkey.
Unthinkable.
But the responsibility for Fourth of July fireworks should never
have rested exclusively with the taxpayers of Charleston, however.
The city, generous to a fault, has entertained the valley at large
for many years on this occasion, but it is time for other players to
share that responsibility.
The city faces a budget crunch, and Mayor Jay Goldman has ...