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Friday, July 14, 2006
Ind. Law - More on: "Indiana's fireworks law is a blasted nuisance"
This from Thursday's Chesterton Tribune, reported by Kevin Nevers:
It may now be legal for Hoosiers to discharge fireworks, but that doesn’t mean that their neighbors have to like it. And apparently a lot of them don’t.As Chesterton Police Chief George Nelson told the Police Commission at its meeting Wednesday, the CPD has been receiving numerous complaints from residents about fireworks in their neighborhoods. Unfortunately, he said, there’s not much his officers can do about it.
Because it’s not only legal now under state statute to detonate fireworks—on your property, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 11 p.m.—but any violations of that statute are supposed to be enforced by the State Fire Marshal’s Office. And there aren’t exactly battalions of State Fire Marshals patrolling the streets of Chesterton, Nelson said. * * *
Member Nick Walters ventured that residents “could get more results calling their state legislators and letting them know how they feel than talking to us.”
Posted by Marcia Oddi on July 14, 2006 11:04 AM
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