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October 17, 2006 -

Nudity, Arrg Matey

Today’s San Luis Obispo Tribune includes a good article by David Sneed on an ongoing effort by San Luis Obispo county to purchase Pirate’s Cove and 120 coastal acres from private owners to be included in a new county park. The article points out that the purchase would include an area currently used as a clothing-optional beach, and that San Luis Obispo County currently has no law prohibiting a nude beach.

If acquired, the property would likely become a county park, but it’s unclear what would happen to the nude beach if the county took over the property, said Pete Jenny, county parks director.

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“It’s not like grandma would be walking along the beach with the kids and suddenly there are naked people,” Jenny said. “That’s such a priceless piece of the coast; it’s worth trying to get the property and figure out what to do with the nudity issue later.”

In an online poll running with the article, readers were favoring maintaining the site’s status as a nude beach by a three to one margin.

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