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Thursday, 02 July 2009

Rule 5 Extra: "Nearly Naked" fireworks stand controversy

Fireworks and girls in bikinis are pretty much staples of any red-blooded American's Fourth of July weekend party. Right? So when a Puyallup Washington fireworks stand opened last month it combined the two by featuring girls in bikinis selling the fireworks.

Taking a clue from the area's proliferation of bikini espresso joints, a stand called Nearly Naked Fireworks opened June 28 on the corner of North Meridian Street and Fifth Avenue Northeast.

Neighbors who live on the north end of downtown Puyallup are not happy. As of Wednesday afternoon, a total of 17 people had contacted Puyallup city officials to complain about the bikini fireworks stand.

Complain? What is wrong with these killjoys?

One resident, Annie Starwich Claeys, said the main issue is the stand's close proximity to Grayland Park, a popular destination for parents and their kids. The park is less than a block away from the fireworks stand, which occupies part of a Walt's Auto Care Center parking lot.

The sign for the business which reads "Nearly Naked Fireworks" in block letters, flanked by female silhouettes is particularly offensive, Claeys said.

"We have lots of young families with young children who are walking past that every day to go to the park," said Claeys, who has three children under 16. "I just don't think it's appropriate by a grade school or a park. It's just tacky."

Fortunately for the fireworks stand (and us) "tacky" isn't against the law in Puyallup. But since when are girls in bikinis "tacky"? Doesn't she take her kids to the beach, or the town pool? In towns up and down the Jersey shore girls walk around in bikinis all summer long and nobody complains. Nearly Naked Fireworks will be closed up and gone by Sunday.

Puyallup City Manager Gary McLean said city officials aren't wild about having the bikini fireworks stand on Meridian, the city's main thoroughfare. But there aren't any laws under which the city can regulate the stand or its attention-grabbing sign, he said.

"Simply put, nudity is prohibited, but wearing a bikini is not," McLean said. "Local governments are not allowed to regulate speech in the private sector, so we can't censor the name."

Good for you Mr. McLean!

Seriously, I don't see the harm. And it gives me an excuse to link to a picture of girl in a bikini. Did you notice what her bikini is adorned with pictures of? Fireworks! Is this a great country or what?

UPDATE 05 Jul 2009 09:56:
Linked by Smitty for an explosive Rule 5 Sunday update.

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