There Will Be Weeping & Gnashing Of Teeth
Wed, Apr 29, 2009
The city of Gallatin has decided to crush the spirits of little children this year. There will be no 4th of July celebration in Gallatin this year–well, at least not an officially sanctioned one. (Something tells me the backyard fireworks enthusiasts will continue to set off bottle rockets well past midnight, just as they have every year).
No fireworks. No funnel cakes. No live music. Nothing. Kaput. Tradition out the window.
You Gallatinians (I just made that up right now, but it’s pretty good… I think it works), you’re just going to have to drive to Goodlettsville or Hendersonville if you want a traditional fireworks show or Independence Snow Cone.
The Gallatin 4th celebration has long been put on by the city’s Chamber of Commerce, but this year they voted not to do it. The decision is being blamed on the recession, but it’s pretty obvious that the Gallatin Chamber just hates America.
Just kidding. They don’t hate America… just patriotism.
But seriously… it’s pretty sad when we can’t even have a fireworks show in Gallatin anymore. Has the economy gotten that bad? Can’t we just pay for the fireworks with our rising “red light camera” money? Those things are supposedly making millions for Gallatin.
I predict a busy night for Gallatin PD officers on July 4th, because an entire city with no sanctioned Independence Day celebration is likely to turn to their own devices for fun and entertainment… and that can’t be good at all. I mean–heck, you’ll probably have about four or five thousand people show up who simply didn’t hear the news that it was canceled.
Keep checking back for more Gallatin recession-based cancellations. I’m sure they’ll cancel Halloween and probably Christmas too.
“No fireworks for you! Come back, one year!”
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Tags: 4th of july, fireworks, gallatin
July 2nd, 2009 at 5:09 pm
aaaa, that’s a shame. Gallatin has spent all those millions buying super high performance police cars, police Harley Davidsons, police dirt bikes and high voltage tazers for the sole purpose of chasing and tasering the outlaw criminal families (and their little dogs too) who attend the 4th celebration, only to find out it has been canceled. Now don’t get me wrong, nothing against the cops, you know they love all the new toys. So what shall Gallatin do with all that abundance of overly priced useless cop equipment? How about trading a few unnecessary items off, like those Harley Davidsons, to pay for something more community minded…like fireworks and community activities.
Better yet. Why don’t we all just take our local business to Hendersonville? This way, we can help pay for THEIR fireworks, no one will get chased by those souped-up police cars, our kids and dogs will be safe from their new tazers and maybe the Gallatin officials will see how stupid they look spending our money on Cop toys rather than making efforts to bring our community together with civic activities.
stupid Barney Fife wanna-bes.