Just something to take your mind off of electoral politics for a minute…
Part of the great thing about working news in Colorado is, you’ve always got Boulder.
And lately, Boulder’s been a lot of fun, maybe not if you’re a Buff fan, but certainly if you’re a fan of being in the buff!
We love to take the economic view of things here at CompleteColorado.com. And as such, we recognize that the constraints of scarcity find their ways into most things in life, even law enforcement. You simply can’t police and prosecute everything on the books, so priorities must be established.
So the real fun started back in the summer when some of the citizens of Boulder decided to bike naked….to protest high oil prices, or high oil consumption. Who knows with some of these Boulderites? “Less gas, more ass,” was the rally cry. BUT! No tickets for public nudity were written.
Then, just days after the fun biking event, Gandolf the Wizard decided to go for a nude stroll along Folsom Street. And of course, the cops wrote him a ticket.
All of which resulted in a mild uproar when some of the citizens complained about the Boulder Police department occasionally ticketing nudity, and sometimes appearing to give it the green light.
Then comes Halloween: an excuse for most of us to act out some form of an alter-ego, but for some Boulderites, it’s an excuse to put a pumkin on your head and run naked. Boulder Police Chief Mark Beckner said, “This was a good opportunity to enforce the law.” ORLY?
Again, going back to the idea of scarcity, we realize you can’t arrest everyone, you can’t prosecute every offense of the law (thank goodness). But the thing about selective prosecution or enforcement is, you can select your catagories, but it becomes much more difficult when you decide to be selective within your catagories. And that’s the problem the BPD is having right now.
Personally though, I hope the problem continues. It’s always a fun read.
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November 4, 2008 at 2:11 am
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