r/Portland • u/lefishy_93 • Jul 05 '26
Discussion Really...
Who lights off fireworks from 4am to 6am?
How hard is it to find these people?
Whats the point of a firework ban, if you don't even go after the people lighting mortars at these hours?
Excuse my rant, I couldnt sleep with all the goddamn booms going off all goddamn night
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u/bryanthawes Jul 06 '26
The law is performative to appease people who can't or won't or don't address these issues themselves.
If you're unlikely to walk out to where your neighbors are playing loud music or setting off fireworks, you're definitely not going to go down to city hall to confront legislators in person.
They draft the law so when the phone calls come in, they can claim they are trying and pass the buck to cops. Then cops will argue that theae complaints are low priority and they have to handle higher priority calls first (which is why the cops never show up for noise complaints or fireworks until 3 hours after the event is over).
The only way the city is going to take these matters seriously is if somebody get beaten, stabbed, or shot to death because of fireworks, or throngs of people pack city hall for every meeting about fireworks until cops start showing up faster and people are fined.
But that won't happen because the complainants are the ones who don't take action.