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There are two sides of the fence when it comes to fireworks. You either like to blow shit up, or you don’t. You either like the pops, whistles and bangs, or you hate them. There doesn’t seem to be much middle ground.

Officially, the City of Tacoma is not a fan of fireworks. Not even whistling bungholes, spleen splitters, whisker biscuits, honkey lighters, hoosker doos, hoosker donts, cherry bombs, nipsy daisers - with or without the scooter stick - and whistling kitty chasers.

If you find yourself on the other side of the fireworks fence, it’s enough to harsh your Fourth of July mellow.

But in case you were thinking about risking it, and lighting a few Lady Fingers in defiance of Tacoma’s no fireworks stance, be prepared to pay the price. All fireworks are considered illegal in Grit City â€" however un-gritty it may be - and violators are subject to a $257 fine. According to a friendly “Fireworks are still illegal” press release which the city distributed earlier today, “most fireworks violations are a class 2 civil infraction,” but “citizens using fireworks are still subject to arrest for other charges (i.e. arson, reckless burning, assault).”

No one likes a reckless burner. That’s for sure.

From June 28 through July 6, no fun neighbors or those who just don’t want to see their shed set ablaze by a wayward whistling kitty chaser can call 253.798.4722 to report fireworks violations. According to the city’s press release, “If the fireworks violation appears to put people or property in immediate danger, call 911. The police will respond to fireworks related calls as units become available.”

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After last night’s Kunstler lecture I snapped these two shots in front of Pastrami's New York Eatery at Ninth and Broadway. I think a bad guy grabbed a planter box and tossed it at Pastrami’s sign, then went for round two on a parked silver BMW.

Any clue? Was it a reaction to Kunstler or the Pink Floyd Experience concert inside the Pantages?

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Cort Ockfen, golfing and drinking friend of the Weekly Volcano’s, and his pregnant wife, Liz, returned from a doctor’s appointment this morning to find the Lakewood police swarming Liz’s mom’s house where the Ockfen’s currently are house-sitting.

“We were surprised to see six patrol cars in front of the house and cops everywhere,” explains Cort Ockfen. “Then, coming out from our backyard comes three cops with a cuffed guy that they quickly stuffed into a patrol cruiser and took off.

“After jokingly telling us that they busted our 'grow operation' they went on to tell us that a bank robber had robbed a KeyBank in Tacoma and crashed into a car off the Gravelly Lake Drive and I-5 exit. He then fled over the fence into our yard where he was apprehended.”

Apparently the Ockfen's dog slept through the whole incident.