Wichita Bus Driver Suspended For Inappropriate Comments

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A Wichita school bus driver is under investigation for his alleged action with a Mayberry Middle School student. The girl reported to her school resource officer that the driver changed his route so she would be the last one dropped off. The girl also said the driver commented on how he liked her short shorts.

A letter went home to Mayberry parents saying the case is under investigation and the driver will no longer serve the school.

Here is the letter that was sent out by the district:

September 3, 2008

Dear Mayberry parents and guardians:

The safety of our students and staff is our main concern here at Mayberry. Upon arrival at school today, a student informed administration about inappropriate comments involving the student and a bus driver. Based on the nature of the incident, Mayberry administration immediately notified Durham School Services, USD 259 Security, and the Wichita Police Department to investigate.

We are continuing to investigate the situation. Proper administrative action will be taken. Regardless, the bus driver will no longer be driving for our school.

I want you to be aware and we take these matters very seriously. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me at 973-5800.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Tim Seguine
Principal

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Posted by: concerned Location: unknown on Sep 10, 2008 at 09:43 PM
This person has brought this upon themself and their own family. The child did what she had to do and that is that. The tapes have shown the truth and this will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law to ensure that no one else's child has to endure this type of mental anguish. The child is ok for those who care and for the rest of you... Get a life and look outside the box there r over 1,000 reported sex offenders in the area. He may not be one at this time but watch for his name in the future it may be your child next! Someone needs to get this guy some help before he actually hurts someones child for real next time. I hope his family can see at least that much!! An apology is not enough for an attempted ABDUCTION!!!

Posted by: Angry with Kake! Location: Wichita on Sep 8, 2008 at 06:42 PM
As an employee of Durham School Services I find it disturbing that Kake would not first contact Durham to get any infomation before reporting such a story. You not only did an injustice to the this man and his family you did an injustice to the rest of the company. Durham does a full background check of all employees and requires fingerprinting to prevent such things from happening. You also failed to report that this persons video from the bus was viewed and it was found that no such thing happened. When will people learn that saying things of this nature are hurtful and ruin lives of all those invovled. People have jumped the gun have caused damage that can never be fixed. I hope that this little girl gets the help she needs and starts telling the truth! (Editors note: Our phone calls to Durham management have not been returned.)

Posted by: A BUS DRIVER Location: Wichit on Sep 7, 2008 at 11:25 PM
First of all I work for Durham, I've been there for 3yrs. I have seen people fired, because of a child sayin something was said/happening. Then after reviewing tapes, we find out that NOTHING happen. But you all want to jump off the deep end, that all of us drivers are bad people. Get a clue with life. I have kids get on my bus every day, and I think to my self "Where The Hell is The PARENTS". You let your children dress like they should be on South Broadway. But you think everyone should stay quite!!! I'm in no way saying that this driver should not get in trouble, with the law and be fired form his job IF, this really did happen!! And Yes I am glad that this child was smart enought to get help... But just because she's in sports, Makeing the grade that really means NOTHING. LET'S SEE THE TAPE FIRST. If this person should be fired then I can tell you for a fact, our GM will take care of this driver..

Posted by: Annonymous on Sep 7, 2008 at 06:06 AM
All parents should insist that all schools should go to uniforms. This would put a stop to a lot of nonsense. All bus drivers should have a complete background check. AND I DO MEAN COMPLETE!! Also check out the girl--does she have a habit of making things up just to get attention. We all know that this sometimes happens and then someones life is ruined. If this did indeed happen then I commend the girl for telling someone, if it did not happen then shame on her. Also parents should see to it that their children are dressed properly. I've seen the way some of these kids dress and it is a shame-take a look around you and it's not only the girls it is also some of the boys. PARENTS GET CONTROL OF YOUR CHILDREN!!!

Posted by: mother of 5 Location: oklahoma on Sep 5, 2008 at 11:30 PM
so what do u say to the fact that the bus driver went back to the home of the accusor and gave them an apology letter after hours of business!!! Is he a true stalker? This is totally out of line and uncalled for! I think criminal charges should be brought against him. These people don't know him from Adam and he goes to the house even after the child was so afaid that she HAD to tell!! Where will he show up next!!! At a school event!! Someone needs to have this man checked for mental issues!! Now that shows that he knows he did something wrong! If just showing up at the home after the fact! Get it right people this guy is a perv!! Watch your children!

Posted by: rebecca Location: wichita on Sep 5, 2008 at 09:40 PM
WOW you people are on a witch hunt! Nothing has been factual it has been a accusation the tapes have not even been viewed! talk about jumping the gun! You are all pointing fingers and not one of you fools even know what happened shame on all of you and how stupid will the majority of you feel when the truth comes out! Shame on the media and shame on you what happened to innocent until proven guilty?

Posted by: mother of 5 girls Location: Oklahoma on Sep 5, 2008 at 08:12 PM
I am appauled at the way that you Kansans r crusifying this child for doing the right thing. We teach our kids not to put up with this type of mental/verbal abuse from any adult and if they feel wronged to do the right thing and tell an adult. This girl is an honor roll student, track runner, and oldest sister of three girls. HELL NO! She is not looking for any attention from any MAN or boy. The shorts she wears r standard shorts for the track team. She has a father who is active in her life and cares fully about her attire. For an adult man to comment on anything that a child has on or is wearing is wrong. There is no way around it! For anyone to comment on the fact that she could be lying is ludacris! Would u ever 2nd guess your child! Lord forbid that this man is driving another route. This could've been a rape and murder. However it would've been too late! I commend her for doing the right thing and telling. This will show the rest of the kids around her they dont have to take this.

Posted by: Concerned Location: wichita on Sep 5, 2008 at 03:40 PM
The driver is no longer driving for mayberry but is still driving for usd 259 he could be driving for your middle school aged daughter next week the bus compnay will do nothing but switch him around routes it would proably take a child raped or beaten to death by a driver to get one fired the bus company doesn't care about your kids silly and the school says the bus company is responsible

Posted by: ANGELA Location: ICT on Sep 5, 2008 at 01:08 PM
FIRST OF ALL I HAVE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS AND IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW SHORT THIER SHORTS ARE{WHICH MY KIDS' ARE NOT}A GROWN MAN SHOULD NEVER COMMENT TO A MINOR ABOUT THEM SECOND OF ALL THE COMMENTS POSTED HERE SHOULD BE PRAISEING THE CHILD FOR SAYING SOMETHING NOT ACCUSEING HER OF LYEING AND MAYBE LESS CHILDREN WOULD BE GETTING MOLESTED IN U.S TODAY ANY BEHAVIOR OTHER THAN THE EXACT ROUTE ,A HELLO ,A GOODBYE, AND A DOOR OPENING IS WRONG. IF THE MAN DOESN'T KNOW THAT THAN THAT IS NOT A MAN I WANT DRIVEING MY CHILDREN HOME AND SHOULD PROBALLY NOT BE ALONE WITH A CHILD IT SEEMS REAL SIMPLE TO ME!!!!!

Posted by: Elizabeth Location: Wichita on Sep 5, 2008 at 12:38 PM
My mom and sister are bus drivers. Drivers are not allowed to change the route, and it makes you wonder why he did. Did he do it to save time, or did he do it to be alone with the girl? Is she lying about the comment and the route change? Did they consult the other students on the bus, or the video tapes on the bus? We don't know because this story is not that clear. The adult is liable and the girl is liable. You are all jumping to conclusions without all the facts.

Posted by: unala Location: Wichita,KS on Sep 5, 2008 at 10:29 AM
Although it was inappropriate for the driver to make ANY comment to the girl, if her shorts were really that short she was obviosly looking for some kind of attention to notice her. Her parents need to make sure their child is properly dressed, theres more perves out there looking for kids like these that arent bus drivers.

Posted by: parent Location: ict on Sep 5, 2008 at 10:09 AM
i dont care how much of investigation they do..he is lucky she didnt tell her dad first...there is no excuse...amon..you must be a freaking bleeding heart libereal we have people like you to thank for all the blood in the streets ..criminals walking scott free..jus go down town ..go to the 3rd floor in city hall and sit through a day in court room b....you will be shocked and amazed..all you have to do is promise to behave and you can walk...dont believe me ..go see for yourself..it will open your eyes!!!

Posted by: Gomer on Sep 5, 2008 at 10:05 AM
Kids lie....ALL THE TIME!!!

Posted by: Anonymous Location: Wichita ks on Sep 5, 2008 at 09:53 AM
All school busses now have video cameras with audio on them. Makes for a very short investigation. I wonder why Kake has not posted an update on this. And why everyone assumes the driver is in the wrong before any investigation confuses me. learn the facts before you go trying to ruin someones life.

Posted by: Anonymous Location: wichita on Sep 5, 2008 at 09:33 AM
First of all the drivers are not allowed to change the routes with out district approval if so they can get fired. All they have to do is watch the camera in the bus and it will tell them. Second that is like them to hire people that don't care about the safety of our children,but remember the district don't hire them, it's contracted out. The ones that care are the ones they let go.

Posted by: mother of 2 Location: Wellington on Sep 5, 2008 at 08:50 AM
Does it say that her shorts were very short? NO it does not so how would you know and how could you make such a comment. My guess is for him to make the comment that he did they may have been short but we don't know that for sure and we as people should not go around assuming and making accuastions to the student involved. A grown man should not perv on a young girl. Thankfully, she had the courage to tell an adult. I am sure cases like this happen quite often but yet the victim is afraid to tell. I commend this girl for telling her SRO. Just think of what could have happened if she never would have spoke up. I hope that one day if this was to ever happens to my child he/she will have the courage to tell someone.

Posted by: Anonymous on Sep 5, 2008 at 06:49 AM
what if shes the one lying about the comment just because she's mad she got dropped off last?

Posted by: DD Location: wichita on Sep 5, 2008 at 05:50 AM
Wacko Jacko driving a bus these days?

Posted by: Anonymous on Sep 5, 2008 at 05:20 AM
The short shorts aren't the point, there was no reason for the comment and taken with the change so that she would be the last off would be a big concern with me. I can see though where a uniform dress code might help with the exposure maybe getting out of hand.

Posted by: Anonymous Location: Wichita on Sep 5, 2008 at 02:38 AM
So based on a girls word alone a person is fired, not suspended but fired before an investigation is complete?? What kind of message does that send to any girl that doesn't like a certain bus driver or any other employee?? Where's this world going?

Posted by: Anonymous on Sep 4, 2008 at 09:56 PM
Yes, maybe she had short shorts on. But nothing makes behavior like this acceptable.

Posted by: me on Sep 4, 2008 at 08:15 PM
at least she told someone!

Posted by: Anonymous Location: Wichita on Sep 4, 2008 at 07:53 PM
What was she doing going to school in the first place with shorts on that would draw that kind of comment. Do her parents not have any control over or care about what she wears to school? If not why should they care if somebody notices.

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Fire Department: Fireworks Are Illegal In Most Of Sedgwick County

Posted By: : Park city looked like the first Iraq war last night!!! It was spectacular,the whole sky was lit up waaayyyy into the night in ALL neighborhoods...like it is EVERY year and did not have ONE incident of a feild or house fire! Sorry you people in Wichita did not get to enjoy! If you're good...we might let you come and see us shoot them next year...but thats only if you're good..kiddys.
Posted By: Stacy: These guidelines are good. However, I'm new to Wichita and I have to say I'm shocked at how many people shoot off fireworks in the city proper and in parking lots of businesses andapartment buildings (like the one I live in). If it's illegal to do this, why on earth is it so commonplace? I was in the military for a few years, about 3 of which were spent in a lot of different areas of the continental U.S., not to mention the nearly 18 years I grew up in mosly Montana. I never before have seen an entire city with so many amateur fireworks displays inside of city limits. Law enforcement, why aren't you enforcing anything?
Posted By: Anonymous: I agree with Frankie although the sedgwick county fire department says they only enforce the law, they pushed for the fireworks ban. I believe the original was in 1978. I know it was after bottle rockets were made illegal in Kansas. I wish government would quit trying to protect us from ourselves, we need protection from them. I'm sure our tax dollars paid for the signs, putting them up, and then for taking them down stuck all over! KAKE needs to go through it's archives and find the original ban the sedgwick county commissioners signed and also read the constitution it says that we have the right to celebrate our independance with fireworks. For those complaining about fires in rural areas I've lived out in rural sedgwick for over 50 years and the instance of a house or wheatfield fire being caused by fireworks is pretty uncommon. It's a sparsely populated area unlike city living and fireworks tend to go up not shoot out for miles. Farmers intentionally light the stubble after harvest!
Posted By: Firefighter: Fireworks were banned in Sedgwick County in 1978. Why? There weren't enough firefighters and equipment to go around. Calls were waiting for a response. Firefighters came to work at 7:00 and didn't see their station until the following morning. There were was much damage to fire equipment. The County department had a tank truck roll. This type of response had been occuring for several years. This doesn't even speak to the damage to stuctures, possesions and the persons that where injured. The departments and civic leaders said enough,and fireworks were banned. Some of you say we are unamerican. Far from the truth. You have asked us to watch after you and assist in the time of need. Sometimes that means prevetion instead of action. I love fireworks as much as the next person. Fireworks have slowly made it back into many communities. If everyone can prove they have self control and caution when using fireworks then, they may come back everywhere. Stay safe this 4th.
Posted By: Anonymous: I guess I'm one of the hundreds of others that did not realize ALL FIREWORKS WERE ILLEGAL! (At least For those of us living outside a city limits in sedgwick county). I knew that while some cities Belle Plaine, Clearwater, Haysville, etc.. chose to allow BIG STUFF (the aerials) Wichita did not. The 78' fireworks ban was for the BIG STUFF!! The unincorporated areas had to follow sedgwick county's allowable fireworks same as the city of wichita chose to do. What year did they sneak in NO FIREWORKS AT ALL OF ANY TYPE for unincorporated sedgwick county?? It wasn't in the original ban. Living outside the city limits of any town, even when ALL FIREWORKS were allowed there were no fireworks stands out here, and the news was saying buy where you live, I called the no fire number for the sedgwick county fire department and asked where we should buy fire works that would be legal and I was told in wichita city limits. This is unconstitutional, prejudiced and segregates rural sedgwick county!!!!
Posted By: George Washington: This is all silly. I am going outside to set off Fireworks.
Posted By: Susan: Ok, I will expect everyone who is upset to show up at the next Sedgwick County council meeting. If you don't even at least call your councilman, than you should not complain.
Posted By: Shaun: I think that people in the county needs to remember that this day is to celebrate or freedom as a country!!! China gave us fireworks to help US and a COUNRTY celebrate. To me this is UNAMERICAN!!! Yes, i agree that the big ones that can set major fires sould probly not be shot in rural areas. And all though this law don't affect me personally, it still does as I am a soldier and an American. I am proud of my country. Even if I could only shoot off fountains or what ever I still think that is better than nothing. As long as the person shooting them off is doing it on a concrete surface I don't see why they can't have small fireworks!!!!!
Posted By: donald otnes: My daughter called me at 10:15 pm on July 2, 2009. She had people setting off fireworks in her housing district. The kids were firing off the ones that sound like a bomb going off. Are people that stupid to let kids have fireworks that could blow up and take a hand off or even there face.
Posted By: miss america: My family is apparently among the wild, irresponsible rednecks in unincorporated Sedgwick county that have shot off fireworks every year on the 4th since I was a baby. It's true there is a need to protect farmers' wheatfields, so I can understand why the county might ban the big fireworks that fly up in the air, and bottle rockets, etc. But, why shouldn't we be able to at least set off the smaller fireworks, such as fountains, that are less dangerous? Why are our families denied the privilege of celebrating the 4th in a safe, fun way just because we live in the unincorporated areas? This fireworks ban on the 4th needs to be loosened up. It's really not fair.
Posted By: a: Think about this people! Fireworks are loud and anoying! I am so sick of people setting them off late at night while we are trying to sleep! My baby is being kept up by fireworks because people set them off at two in the morning!Please just think about where you are setting them off like close to houses and apartment buildings. Those are not good places to be doing them!
Posted By: Firefighters daughter: For those who think that firefighters just "sit around" you obviously have no idea what these people do. Just looking at the 4th, I can recall as a child how we all wondered if my dad would get to finish his hamburger before being called out to yet another of the many fires he went on that day . The work they do isn't restricted to a summer holiday. Think about the gear they wear...heavy coats, boots, air tanks, even on 100 degree days. Take a walk in their boots and face the fires, car accidents, tornado/storms, floods, and other emergencies they must face with courage, calm, and strength in order to save lives and property. As for "washing the truck" and other maintenance that must be done, do you want a rusted out, broken hosed truck showing up at your house because they DIDN't do those things? I hope they do get a chance to relax, eat, sleep, etc. between the emergencies they must face. I want a well rested and ready fire fighter showing up at my house should I ever need one
Posted By: rebecca: hey does anyone know if the little boy that went into QT has been found? I know this isn't the topic but I just wanted to know.
Posted By: : h: I believe that fireworks like Black Cats can be used in Derby as well as Wichita (it's been a long time since I've done any here so I wouldn't definitely know). But they might be setting off something bigger like an M50. The main problems they've had is with the ones that burst into showers of colored balls and sparks like we see in the big displays, roman candles, M80s and the ones that spray out sparks. The Eagle Beacon, last year, said that a good rule of thumb is if they shoot out sparks more than about 6 feet from the device then they are probably illegal.
Posted By: h: well they are sure shooting them in derby and we're in sedgwick county either they are not banned or the police in derby are not doing anything about the ones that are shooting off fireworks already. Frankly I'm sick of it, the neighborhood kids are shooting them off close to my property and my dogs are having fits, a call to the local police dpt says nothing they can do....so if they are banned in sedgwick county then they should be banned in derby and the derby police dpt needs to start enforcing the ban, if they aren't banned in derby then they need to be, there are other ways of having a good time on the 4th of July without having to endanger your yard, my yard, your life!!!!
Posted By: : If everyone was a responible person that means for their self and for the one's that have children, then we wouldn't have had these laws made.The population is so high now that the fire departments are on overload because of the people that will not take responsiblity for their actions.And as far as the fire department setting around!!! Let your house be on fire and then have to wait because these people are not at their work area's because you think they are setting around.I would hate for them to be kept busy 24/7. What would happen to our town without them if that were the case.Already the street that I live on is littered with trash from fire works because people are not responsibly.(not all)
Posted By: D: I completely agree with Anonymous at 9:26. Linda, unless you've been living under a rock, it's been well known for years that fireworks are illegal in the city limits. They make the same announcements every year. They don't sell the "big" illegal fireworks in the city but everyone still goes out of city limits to buy them and then come back home and shoot them off out in the neighborhood streets. I've seen fireworks in my neighborhood that would rival the ones at riverfest and Lawrence Dumont stadium and they aren't legal in the city.
Posted By: : Cliff: That's true but when they are burned off purposely there are fire control measures in place. When someone sets a fire with fireworks they tend to run away and then it gets out of control. Like I said, I've missed work because of people who do this. The reason why they made them illegal in Sedgwick County to begin with is because most people here are not responsible enough to use them safely. And Linda: They've been telling people every year that they are illegal. Most people just don't pay attention. And they only selll fireworks in Wichita that you can set off in Wichita. That's why they've always said "Shoot them where you buy them".
Posted By: Rod: I'm with 'Anonymous on Jul 1, 2009 at 08:08 AM'... Helps us Obama! We need you to protect us from ourselves! ALL PRAISE OBAMA!!!
Posted By: Linda: Ok, for one I think if they were illegal, than why didn't we know about it along time ago. I bet that the majority of the people that lives in Wichita didn't know this, and I think it is not right to start enforcing it NOW, I mean come on the main reason why people shoot of fireworks is for the kids entertainment, Also if its going to be illegal than why on earth should selling fireworks at the stands not be? People see the signs that fireworks are illegal, but when they are driving around wichita and see firework stands it just tempts them that much more. So I think its not right.
Posted By: cliff: anonomous at 8;08, fireworks are a tradition on the fourth of july. and the "tinderbox "harvesed wheat fields are usually burnt off this time of year anyway even without fireworks.
Posted By: : Bottle Rocket Roger: What makes you think being American means you should have the right to set off explosives? For the idiots who think they need to have fireworks: how many of you have to call into work and tell your boss you can't come in because some moron set fire to your house or yard? What about when they go outside the city & set them off in newly harvested wheat fields that are nothing more than tinderboxes at this time of year? Every year for the past six years I've lost pay because idiots cannot control themselves or the fires they set.
Posted By: don: its really sad,,,,we are not hardly even "independent" anymore,,,the government has "used" up all are rights,,,,,like the ol' saying goes though "just be glad your not getting ALL the government you pay for",,,,,period, end of sentence !!!!
Posted By: : Anonymous who is coming down on firefighters and their "lazy days of washing the trucks and sleeping and cooking meals" has no clue what firefighters do and how many calls many of the stations get,though many are medical. Firefighters are not exactly unpatriotic joy-squelchers, but they are supposed to educate the general public about fire safety. If you even understood all the job entailed you wouldn't talk like that.
Posted By: Bottle Rocket Roger: When I lived in a town just north of wichita,we were able to shoot fireworks ALL day long for a week..Park City allows fireworks ALL day long for week,NO problems in either town! We celebrate the 4th like americans in these towns! The people that made fireworks illegal in Wichita and hate the fireworks are ALL UNAMERICAN! Go hide in you're basements and shake like a coward..the M80's are coming!
Posted By: : We need two things immediately. One, a petition to remove this descriminatory 1978 law against residents of the county, and secondly, another petition to remove the authors of this law if they are still in office, and any other person in authority that supports it. I'll drive any distance to sign those petitions. Our tax dollars were used to print and post these signs and will also be used again to remove them, and patrol neighborhoods looking for little kids shooting ladyfinger firecrackers. This travesty of the use of our tax dollars must be exposed with those that have attacked Independence Day.
Posted By: Bob: Enforce the law! Many firewoks are dangerous, destructive, and disturbing--especially to pets.
Posted By: : I never knew there were so many un-educated people around the state. It even says in the text of the story, that the fire department is not going to be doing extra patrolling, due to staffing. People are very careless with their fireworks in the "uncorperated" area's of the county. You add wind, and some dry wood, or brush.. And you cause a very dangerous situation, and put those "poorly staffed" fire deparments that respond in danger. ****If you live in a town/city in "sedgwick County".. you need to check your local laws. The no fireworks law - is for "uncorprated" - aka *NOT IN CITY LIMITS*
Posted By: Michelle: Can't we come to a compromise? Make them illigal everyday of the year, except the 4th? I agree with the ones on here that said we are celebrating our FREEDOM! This is what the USA is about. Hotdogs, baseball and fireworks! 8-)
Posted By: Kristy: "But many like Sedgwick County Resident Michael Dixson don't plan on breaking the law." Seriously - someone who writes for a news station should be familiar with proper grammar usage.
Posted By: : How ironic it is that it's Independance Day however; they tell you that you can't fire off any fireworks.....at least any that are worth paying money for. Yes, we're slowly on our way to becoming a communist country. I miss Archie Bunker!
Posted By: : Why even celebrate??? Pretty sad when Amerians can't participate in the tradation and celebration of America's Indepandance. I feel for you rual Sedwick County people. Sedwick County SUCKS!!
Posted By: Tim: The Fire Department IS NOT encouraging people to call 911 every time they see people shooting fireworks, this will create an unnecessary strain on the 911 system. The problem is being worked on and will take time to get things all straightened out. If you have an emergency or a problem that warrants calling 911 by all means call 911. What is not needed is a call to 911 every time you see someone shooting a firecracker.
Posted By: : The fire departments are going out of their way with NO FIREWORKS signs just because they don't want to have to work any more than they have to. Little fire here and there disrupts their lazy days of washing the trucks and sleeping and cooking meals!
Posted By: topper: at one time you couldn't shoot fire works in dodge, now that we can the 2nd through the 5th i think. i havent heard of more fires or whatever it is you think is going to happen if you were to allow.. its the 4th of july, and you stoping people from celebrating. thats dumb if you ask me. besides, people are going to shoot them off no matter what you do.
Posted By: Frankie: The Fire Department says it only enforces the law against fireworks in Sedgwick County, but I've lived here since 1938 and I remember that it was the Sedgwick County Fire Department that pushed for the County Commissioners to pass the illegal fireworks law.
Posted By: anoymous: It is a little confusing, because Park City has fireworks tents all over, but I thought Bel Aire and Park City were actually their own "cities", and not part of unincorporated Sedgwick County. And they are allowed in Goddard,I checked out the website. I wish there was a central list posted where they are legal/illegal, because I do think there is confusion about this, especially when I thought I heard people in Bel Aire saying they purchased permits in the past. Can anyone elaborate?
Posted By: Debby: If they are illegal why are they sold in the city where they are illegal?
Posted By: : Isn't it funny how it's called Independance Day but yet big brother wants to tell us we can't shoot fireworks? Screw you big brother!! I'm firing mine off!!
Posted By: Elmer: I saw on the news that you are asking the neighbors to report the people who are using fireworks to the police. Hitler did the same thing when enforcing his laws. Are we coming closer to socialist government, or are you just trying to create a community that is untenable due to loss of trust in neighbors? I can't believe we are repeating history again.
Posted By: bob: i think the county is forgetting what we are celebrating, our independence. so they should let us shoot them where you buy them.
Posted By: Justin: Land of the Free, My hind end. Restrictions yes, understandable. But, all out ban? This is not the America I fought for!!!!! Maybe before long we won't have any independence to celebrate!!! And I'm sure the fire fighters are just having to do what there told. Heck, most of them love fire or they wouldn't be doing there job.
Posted By: : "fire dept only enforces the law" im sure they had a say in how it was created. thats like saying police dont have a quota when writing tickets when im sure they do. how else are police measured when trying for promotions and raises--its by how many tickets they write, how many crimes they solve, ect. people are gonna shoot off fireworks and worry bout what happens later because this is the one time in the year that we get to do so! plus it helps celebrate america's birthday !!
Posted By: Mikea: I sure wish there was something we could do about the rednecks who insist on setting off the big heavy skybursts in our neighborhood at 1am every night. Fireworks should be illegal inside the city. Loud car radios are, and fireworks are more dangerous.
Posted By: Bob: Ok maybe this is a stupid question, but what is unincorporated Sedgwick County? What is meant by that?
Posted By: AJ Simkatu: Everyone knows that fireworks that go up in the sky are illegal, even in the city of Wichita. The problem is that nobody cares. Most people think the ban is a ridiculous overreaction to a small problem. People are sick of the nanny state telling us what we can and can't do with our own lives and property. What's next, ban skydiving, skiing, riding dirt bikes, mountain climbing? The government needs to mind its own business and stay out of ours.

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