Peru: Fireworks cause sparks - LaSalle News Tribune - LaSalle, IL
Is this a wise use of taxpayer money? Do we really need a July 4 fireworks program when we don't have a good location we own and can use every year? If you were an alderman how would you have voted?
We say we don't have money for some projects that residents would like and yet we seem to always have money for this one. Who is benefiting? And why?
What is your favorite city to go to for Fireworks beside Peru? Or maybe Peru is your fav? This seems to be a fairly complex situation since we must pay the farmer to use his property and build a road into the field and we must rent the Mall parking lot plus the usual $20,000 fireworks program and the usual people have decided to go back to the old vendor for that, reason unknown.
3 comments:
If you've seen one fireworks show, you've seen them all.
I don't think they are building a road just for the fireworks. Parking is so bad on Waterstreet, I am glad they are looking at other options.
The location is sound. They need to do some work on the costs... any business in Peru should be willing to contribute to the success. Not saying they have to, but I think the Peru Mall charging for the use of their mostly empty parking lot is a disgrace. Especially when you consider all the "freebees" the city has given them over the years... remember the water meter issue... and the preferred electric rates...
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