When I heard that Snoqualmie City Council was considering an all-out aerial fireworks ban, I immediately reacted that it’s just not the job of government to solve all problems and heal all wounds. Sure, fix the potholes and light the streets, but each law, every ordinance comes with a price — paid for by your liberty.

The state governments alone made some 40,000 new regulations just last year, with thousands of pages of federal rules and micromanaging cities, like the Issaquah Bag Banners.

Well, I don’t have their count, but each one was paid for by your liberty. This air-bag mentality to every aspect of life would have caused our founding fathers to turn over in their graves.

Citizens who keep asking for government to rule over their neighbors, need to realize that one ordinance at a time, one neighborhood covenant after another, they are losing their liberty and freedom; they are losing America.

Life without liberty is slavery. What do you think Patrick Henry was talking about when he proclaimed, “Give me liberty or give me death?” It wasn’t the price of tea.

Lastly remember, the 4th reminds of “bombs bursting in air,” not so much about pretty sparklers.

Steve Marquis

Fall City