Perry celebrated a safe and sane Independence Day Tuesday, with a festive parade in the morning and a park full of activities all day, wrapping up with city-sponsored fireworks in the evening.
There were very few fireworks complaints lodged with the Perry Police Department, and countywide the Dallas County Deputy Sheriffs responded to only six fireworks complaints between 6 a.m. and midnight, according to county records.
The Perry City Council amended chapter 125 of the Perry city code in 2022, stating that the city “deems the use of consumer fireworks as a threat to public safety or a nuisance to landowners and therefore prohibits the use of consumer fireworks within the Perry City limits, except for commercial displays that have received a permit from the City of Perry.”
So much for unbiased journalism! Was it really necessary to interject what is obviously YOUR personal opinion by using the term “sanely”? By doing such, you are implying that the average citizen is irresponsible and incapable of having a fireworks display in an responsible fashion. And as to your quoting of numbers of complaints countywide, be advised that many of us are smart enough to catch your wording that the sheriff’s department only “responded” to 6 calls, not received 6 calls. You made no mention of the actual number of complaints that came in. Typical modern-day journalism.
This little story was published in the “About Town” section of ThePerryNews.com and not in the “News” section, so your hypervigilance over “unbiased journalism” appears absurd in this context and amounts to straining at a gnat. We urge you to relax. We regret that our opinions appear so deeply to offend you, but nevertheless we do have opinions, and we will express them from time to time when we so choose. Happy Independence Day!