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Are Manteca nonprofits getting squeezed as fireworks firms make more & more money?
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This 2014 file photo shows volunteer Larry Jones from The Place of Refuge church holding the Phantom fireworks best seller The Bazooka Torch at the fireworks stand at East Yosemite in front of Wendy’s that benefitted the church’s Pulse Youth Group.
The claim a TNT fireworks representative made last week contending eight non-profits “made” $250,000 that sold his firm’s pyrotechnics in Manteca caught the attention of the City Council. At face value, it would seem each non-profit “cleared” $31,250 apiece for a week’s worth of volunteer labor. That number piqued Councilman Charlie Halford’s interest.