Sad news today that Stamford has decided to cancel its 4th of July Fireworks show. The annual fireworks show in Cummings Park has not been canceled in over 50 years. While the show only costs roughly $40,000, the total cost to the city is much higher when you account for police, fire, and sanitation overtime costs.

I am actually glad to see that the new mayor is able to make some of these unpopular decisions and slash spending versus just raising our taxes. He has also made other recent cuts in the budget by proposing a 10% decrease in the city’s workforce.