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Mendota mayor foreshadows action on fireworks · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Mendoda mayor foreshadows action on fireworks. Written by Matthias Werner,
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  Speaker 1: This article is being read by an automated voice brought
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  Speaker 1: to you by Everlett. Mendoda Mayor Dave Belk may soon
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  Speaker 1: take action regarding fireworks in the city. During his opening
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  Speaker 1: remarks at Monday night's Mendoda City Council meeting, Bulk took
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  Speaker 1: the opportunity to talk about a problem he sees developing. Apparently,
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  Speaker 1: the fourth of July started in March and it's still
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  Speaker 1: going on. Fireworks are going off all the time, and
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  Speaker 1: they're getting louder and louder and louder. Book said, I
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  Speaker 1: still love fireworks, but there's an appropriate time, and it's
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  Speaker 1: around the fourth of July. Bolk said that officials will
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  Speaker 1: hold discussions about a potential time frame limit for residential
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  Speaker 1: fireworks and that it could be coming soon. We're not
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  Speaker 1: voting on anything today, Bulk said, I'm talking about it
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  Speaker 1: now for a vote coming up. The Bulk said that
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  Speaker 1: residents had brought the fireworks issue up to him on
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  Speaker 1: a couple of occasions, and that he himself had experienced
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  Speaker 1: what they were complaining about. My side of town is
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  Speaker 1: like a war zone. He said, we need to get
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  Speaker 1: it out to the public, saying that we will not
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  Speaker 1: tolerate this anymore.