Props are in order for the city of Bothell. It’s one of the few remaining cities that allows its residents to light off fireworks. That decision creates extra work. All those fireworks mean the streets look like a war zone on the morning of July 5, littered with the remains of those thousands of fireworks. The city of Bothell smartly has its crews of street-sweepers in full force, getting that gigantic mess cleaned up (before all that crud gets washed down into the storm drain system). Smart preventative medicine. Well played, Bothell. Well played.

Ian Allan, Bothell