Local fireworks vendors urge flexibility, say weekend exceptions would ease lost sales
Several vendors told Douglas County commissioners that extending sales dates or allowing exceptions for years with no weekend sales would help small businesses and employees, pointing to sales concentration on July 3–4 and weather risk on the holiday.
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Fireworks vendors told the Douglas County Commission that more flexible sales dates would help smooth sales and sales-tax receipts and better serve customers. Larry Bartz, owner of Bartz Fireworks, said his company has been operating since 1993 and cautioned that sales and discharge rules must match to avoid consumer confusion: "You do not want to have stands open and then not be able to discharge them because it confuses the consumers."
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