News, The Year Without Fireworks. (cost, kids, newspaper, money)

[JD59]

With looming economic concerns, should you worry that your Fourth of July will lose its flame? Nah.

Economy Causes Some Fireworks Cancellations | Newsweek Enterprise | Newsweek.com

[nilssson]

This is blastfamy! Sorry for exploding but I have a short fuse when that punk John posts a story that fizzles. It's not rocket science that this story is Dudley Do-wrong.

[alicejb]

Oh, they'll (ppl) will find a way. Even if they have to make their own firecrackers in the backyard to have some sort of fireworks.

[GloryB]

I would imagine some cities had to cancel out due to the high cost of fancy fireworks. People can still enjoy all the other festivities with their family and friends. When the kids were younger we always looked so forward to this time of the year. The amount of money we used to spend of firework packages were ridiculous....but a whole lot of fun!

[rrtechno]

Or this portion of a recent article from the Whittier CA newspaper.

"Author: Amanda Baumfeld Staff Writer
Date: June 30, 2009
Publication: Whittier Daily News, The (CA)
MONTEBELLO - Instead of shooting off fireworks Saturday, the city will provide meals to 5,200 needy families all year long, officials said Tuesday.

The City Council recently voted to allocate $40,040 to a meal program in conjunction with Hearts of Compassion, a nonprofit food bank.
The funds were originally supposed to go toward an annual Fourth of July celebration that typically draws between 7,000 and 10,000 people. The event has been canceled."