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| This year we'll enjoy fireworks in Pacifica! |
.... Fundraising woes have led organizers to pull the plug on this year’s Fourth of July fireworks show on the coast.
Organizers through the
Coastside’s American Legion Post 474 say they decided last month to
cancel the pyrotechnics display because large donors did not pledge
money soon enough toward the estimated $50,000 cost of the fireworks.
Time was running out and the Legion needed to start paying for the
lion’s share of permits and services, explained fireworks fund treasurer
Harry Ysselstein.
.... The fireworks show has a long history of challenges on the Coastside, and the event has been canceled numerous times in recent years. Fog sometimes shrouds the show. In 2006, an organization called “Light Up the Sky Fourth of July,” run by a convicted felon, abruptly closed shop and failed to deliver a show after collecting money on the coast. Read Article.
.... The fireworks show has a long history of challenges on the Coastside, and the event has been canceled numerous times in recent years. Fog sometimes shrouds the show. In 2006, an organization called “Light Up the Sky Fourth of July,” run by a convicted felon, abruptly closed shop and failed to deliver a show after collecting money on the coast. Read Article.
Posted by Kathy Meeh
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