A homeowner in Waukesha for 20 years, Steve is president of the Waukesha Dog Parks Organization and enjoys motorcycling, fishing and staying on top of politics.
As work is slow this afternoon, I was thinking if a holiday would ever get old to the point of not being worth celebrating anymore. I mean, we are so buddy buddy with England that we might someday want to discuss a merger! So much for independence.
Many of us don't get much vacation, or any. National holidays are often the only break from work many of us get. So, unless we work for the federal government or at a bank, a few more REAL holidays would be welcomed. Anyone for making Cinco De Mayo a new holiday?
I'd like everyone to be safe and sound this 4th. So, if you bought fireworks, you can't legally use them in Wisconsin, anywhere. I don't know the approved method of disposing of them but soaking them in water until soft seems to be a start.
Which brings me to my gripe. Why do we allow the sale of something that is illegal to use? And why do some municipalities issue permits to use them, knowing that they are in violation of state law? Greed perhaps? I understand that each year someone introduces legislation to outlaw the sale of fireworks within the state and it gets shot down. Who is "shooting it down"? There can be no good reason to allow the sale of an illegal and unsafe product, so again the root of all evil enters the picture.
A very similar situation exists with motorcycle and car mufflers. It's illegal to modify them to be louder than what they came with but it isn't illegal to sell or buy them. What sense does that make?
Complain about someone setting off fireworks or driving by with loud pipes and the police say they have to be witness to the situation to issue a ticket. I can understand that. However, that makes enforcement near impossible. So it points to the need to ban the sale of the products in the first place.
Illogical laws foster disregard for the law. We need to have that corrected.
