The City’s drone show was a unique way for our village to celebrate Independence Day with lights and action without contaminating the air with gunpowder smoke or littering the ocean with thousands of pieces of plastic and paper debris from the exploding canisters or re-creating the terrifying sound pollution of bombs bursting in air.
All that effort and expense was overshadowed by Emerald Bay’s massive fireworks display that night and the plethora of private, illegal explosives and rockets that went on and on for hours that night and were firing for days before and after the 4th.
My suggestion is for the city to save their money and not produce their own display.
Rather, open Heisler Park and all the beaches for free viewing of the legal fireworks that can be seen from Emerald Bay all the way to San Pedro.
Then, spend the money they save on visitor services and police/fire/emergency interventions that are needed over the Fourth of July weekend.
Tom Joliet, Laguna Beach
