On Saturday, the World Nake Bike Ride was held in Boulder, Colorado. It went off without any problems and no complaints. Its goal was to "draw attention to oil dependency and the negative social and environmental impacts of a car dominated culture." What was really encouraging was the response from Boulder Police Chief Mark Beckner. When asked by Channel 2 News in Denver why his officers didn't "crack down", he replied that his department has "better things to do than enforce a law in which no harm was being done".
The Boulder Daily Camera had a pretty even handed story on the event and the Rocky Mountain News carried a copy of the Daily Camera story.
Channel 2's coverage of the event was less than even-handed. Ignoring the US Constitution and the Bill of Rights pertaining to public assembly and freedom of expression, Channel 2 tried to take one repressive person's complaint and make it into a story. A couple of days ago, the Channel 2 web page carried a more rational coverage of the story.
Sounds like Boulder is a lot nicer place to live now days.
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