More political correctness - blah!
 

LOS ANGELES - Several city officials on Tuesday sharply criticized a planned bikini contest to raise money for spaying pets, saying the "Hooters for Neuters" event was degrading to women.

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Hosted by the Hooters restaurant chain, the July 13 fundraiser will donate money to the spay and neuter programs at Los Angeles Animal Services.

"Are we going backward here?" said City Controller Laura Chick. "We are a city with all kinds of progressive programs that empower women and end discrimination in the workplace, and now we're being connected with a Hooters bikini contest. It isn't right."

Councilwoman Jan Perry said the department's attempt to be creative in telling pet owners to sterilize their animals "crosses the line."

"I was surprised and amazed with the photograph on the flier, and I don't think it projects a good image for the city of Los Angeles," Perry said.

Animal Services Director Ed Boks apologized for making people upset, but said the "Charity Benefit Bikini Contest" would go on as scheduled.

"These people have gone out of their way in helping us, and I would hate to deny these businesses from helping to save the lives of animals in our shelters," Boks said.

Boks promised a more rigorous vetting process for future fundraisers.

The fundraiser is not city-sponsored, but a promoting flier is posted on the Animal Services Web site.

The original flier showed a bikini-clad woman, but the latest version shows a dog wearing a T-shirt that says "Hooters for Neuters."

Boks said that the owners of Hooters approached him about the fundraiser a month ago. He said the ads were made without consulting the department.

"When somebody steps up and says they want to help your agency raise money, your inclination is to say `Yes,'" Boks said. "But, we probably won't be involved in any future bikini contests."


Seriously blahhttp://www.pelicanparts.com/support/smileys/ar15.gif

The city of LA is worried about promoting superficial beauty??

hahahahahahahahaha

LA??

Rather euthaniz more animals than take a donation from Hooters to help spay/neuter...holy crap

"By 3:30 p.m. he had apparently changed his mind, issuing a news release that stated: "I have reconsidered Animal Services' role as beneficiary in the July 13, 2006 event and have decided we will not be accepting any donations from this event." In the last year the city has euthanized about 19,500 animals, Boks said. In fiscal year 2001-02, the agency killed more than 39,000 dogs, according to its records"

no, that's not cruel.

Re: More political correctness - blah!
 

I cannot keep track of the schizophrenic positioning of leftists. One moment they are for women's liberation and their ability to "choose" (empowerment), but the moment a woman does use her newly found empowerment she is being "discriminated against"???...One moment they are for the right of a women to be a stripper or prostitute, the next they are blaming the pimp or claiming she is being exploited?

Why are women's movements dominated by lesbians?...And then they act like they speak for all women?...They speak for lesbian women and end up warping the brains of straight women.

I just don't get it. If a woman decides to enter a contest because she likes the idea it represents how is that degrading? It isn't like she is being forced to do it! Even my wife agrees and the last time I checked she was a woman

"tits for totos!" :)