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| Burbank, CA, Considers Banning Foil Balloons |
| One in five power outages in Burbank, CA, have been attributed to metallic balloons according to officials at Burbank Water and Power. On September 25, 2007, Burbank City Council Members discussed banning the sale of metallic balloons.
Industry representatives present at the meeting reported that at least a few Council members are quite serious about banning metallic balloons and hope to see the issue brought up before the State Legislature. Remaining Council members are reported to be in favor of re-educating local retailers about the California Foil Balloon Laws to help prevent accidental releases.
Discussions concluded with Council members agreeing to allow Conwin Carbonic to formulate a retailer education program. If approved, the program will be administered to Burbank retailers at the Conwin facility. It is anticipated that no further action toward a vote to ban metallic balloons will be taken without further discussion.
IBA first learned of this agenda item just days before the Burbank City Council met. Without the IBA, local industry representatives in the Burbank area would not have been present at the meeting to propose a remedy. This is just one example of how IBA supports the industry and works for you.
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