Sunday, July 23, 2006

New Fireworks Law Causes Some to Lose Sleep

Courier-Journal -
Indiana may revisit fireworks change
Lenient law sparks urban complaints

INDIANAPOLIS — A bill passed this year to legalize the use of fireworks in Indiana was supposed to inject some common sense into the state's long-criticized law.

But the issue has instead exploded into a new controversy that could lead to more changes.

Residents in some of the state's more urban communities have complained that the use of consumer fireworks in neighborhoods has been more prolonged than in the past, disrupting those trying to sleep.

Brad and Terilyn Myers, who live with their 11-month-old daughter in a suburban Elkhart neighborhood, became so frustrated that they are among the 201 people who have complained to Gov. Mitch Daniels.
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