Sparks are still flying between Denver-owned fireworks shops and Wyoming politicians, nearly one year into an ongoing legal dispute.
Laramie County commissioners shut down Jurassic Fireworks and Artillery World Fireworks last April, alleging threatening and “obnoxious” behavior from the Coloradan who runs the stores, Pete Elliott. Meanwhile, Elliott claimed he was targeted because of local disdain toward his home state, accusing commissioners of colluding with a rival neighboring fireworks business to run him out of Wyoming.
The conflict landed in court in May, when both stores were granted a preliminary injunction to continue operating as both sides await a ruling. But with the case still open ten months later, Artillery World once again needed its yearly fireworks permit to be approved by county commissioners. And once again, they rejected it…