Honolulu City Council fails to override mayor’s veto on fireworks bill
A Honolulu City Council measure to allow the legal sale, purchase and use of fireworks that have been banned in the city for over a decade has fizzled for the second time in less than a month. In a 4-4 vote Thursday, the Council failed to override Mayor Rick Blangiardi’s Oct. 25 veto on Bill 22. That measure, first adopted by the Council in early October, would have lifted the city’s partial fireworks ban to allow “consumer fireworks” like ground-level fountains and sparklers to be lit in public on Oahu.
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Honolulu Fire Dept. battalion chief Pao-Chi Hwang speaks during the Honolulu City Council’s meeting on Thursday.
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Stephanie Kendrick of the Hawaiian Humane Society speaks during the Honolulu City Council’s meeting on Thursday.
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Honolulu Fire Dept. deputy fire chief Jason Samala speaks during the Honolulu City Council’s meeting on Thursday.
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City councilman Calvin Say walks to his seat as Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi, left, looks on while sitting with members of the Honolulu Fire Department.
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Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi, front, sits with Honolulu firefighters during the Honolulu City Council’s meeting on Thursday.
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City Council member Calvin Say gestures while speaking.
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City Council chair Tommy Waters listens during the Honolulu City Council’s meeting on Thursday.
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Waianae resident Austin Salcedo speaks during the Honolulu City Council’s meeting on Thursday.
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City councilman Calvin Say walks to his seat as Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi, left, looks on while sitting with members of the Honolulu Fire Department.
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City Council member Calvin Say pauses while speaking.
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Waianae resident Kalei Salcedo speaks during the Honolulu City Council’s meeting on Thursday.
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City councilman Calvin Say walks to his seat as Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi, left, looks on while sitting with members of the Honolulu Fire Department.
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HFD battalion chief Pao-Chi Hwang, middle, speaks as Honolulu mayor Rick Blangiardi, left, and City Council chair Tommy Waters, right, listen during the Honolulu City Council’s meeting.
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