Lakewood's 4th of July Fireworks to be Rescheduled?

Mayor Michael Summers is expected to meet with city officials today to decide how to proceed after show at  was canceled.

A computer board that operates the massive fireworks display was to blame for the show’s cancellation.

Summers told Lakewood Patch that the fireworks display — with a Thursday rain date — wouldn’t be rescheduled because of the electrical malfunction.

However, the show's not quite over.

The city posted an announcement on its website, noting that city officials will meet "first thing Thursday morning to review the fireworks vendor contract to determine whether the fireworks will be rescheduled for Thursday."

Thousands of people  — many of them camped out at the park for hours — began a slow retreat to their homes when the lights came back on at around 10:30 p.m.

A few rounds went off at around 9:30 p.m., but that was it.

One city official said the show wasn’t canceled until the company was sure that the problems couldn’t be fixed.

Mayor Mike Summers said he was “disappointed” and added that the show will not be rescheduled. 

“We’re sorry. I am personally embarrassed. I feel bad for the citizens of Lakewood.” 

No word yet on whether the city will seek a refund from the company, Pennsylvania-based Pyrotecnico. 

However, Lakewood residents sounded off about the cancellation. Their , Twitter and Facebook.

They weren’t happy.

Most were upset that the city was unable to share with them that the show had been canceled.

Here are just a few of the comments:

The lack of communication was awful. Very disappointed. -

The malfunction was the fireworks company's fault, but the lack of communication was on the city. We were in the back, within the park, and didn't know for sure what happened until we got home and read this article. -

I was at Lakewood Park and it was a very unfortunate ending. Communication was nonexistent. Let people know what is going on. The people near us weren't told anything. Figure out a way to communicate to the people who look forward to this event all year and all day, then can't even be told what is going on. They are just left in the dark! Problems happen. Understand that. But handle the situation better! Maybe a public address system could be used? -

So a computer board malfunctioned and the company didn't have a backup or redundant system?! Then there was no announcement or communication? Failure on Lakewood tonight. Very bad feel and it should not be understood that this whole thing is ok. -

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