Posted on 12/18/2004 5:47:52 AM PST by freebilly
SANTA CRUZ — A threatening phone call from a man who refused to identify himself caused downtown lingerie store Camouflage to nix pole dancing behind a covered window Friday and tonight.
The Pacific Avenue store was the target of public criticism this week after announcing plans for erotic dancers dressed in Santa Claus-themed outfits to dance on a pole in the store window as part of a holiday promotion.
Lap dances for customers who spent $100 were also part of the original idea, however, store owner Joan Levine modified the plans after city officials complained and agreed to cover the window with paper to prevent people walking down Pacific Avenue from inadvertently seeing the pole dancers and lap dancers.
Camouflage general manager Rose Matkin said she received the call at 6:15 p.m. Thursday from a man who launched into a tirade and warned, "Don’t cross a man whose convictions are as strong as mine."
Matkin said the man called her and her colleagues sinners.
To ease his concerns, Matkin said she tried explaining to the man how the store had tweaked its window show to keep the dancers out of the public eye.
According to Matkin, the caller threatened vandalism and "repercussions that could hurt me worse than that."
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Matkin hung up on the man and called police.
Levine decided to cancel the show as a safety precaution for her employees and customers.
"We didn’t want to put anyone at risk," she said. "We’re not here to make a political point. We’re here to encourage fun, love and romance."
Two local groups told the Sentinel they planned to protest the event.
Media Watch, a local education and activism organization, said it was outraged by the idea of women dancing provocatively in a store window.
The organization had planned to team with Santa Cruz Art and Revolution, another local activist group, to protest Camouflage’s event by staging a rally at the store.
Members of Greenpeace, Earth First, and Peta bring gifts of Patchoui oil, Fair Trade Organic Coffee, and a hybrid vehicle to an abortion clinic where an unwed 17 year old is about to exercise her constitutionally guaranteed freedom of choice....
Gotta teach my 7 year old son about sex somehow....
And your bad! I'll bet Mrs. Freebilly will be putting coal in your stocking this year!!....:)
What!? Give polluting fossil fuels as a gift!!!!
On a downtown city street?
Are you kidding?
So9
But in a public place? That's what strip clubs are for.
What's a lap dance. Wouldn't it hurt with the women wearing high heals ?
No. I live in a small town in Ohio, and if someone tried to pull that stunt here they'd be run out of town for sure!....:)
It follows that if they outlaw hate, hate will no longer exist. Problem solved.
They love to pass law after law, showing how good their intentions are. Then they work overtime avoiding these same laws.
They love high taxes, but no one works harder to avoid paying taxes.
Ever been to Stinson Beach? I've never seen so many "No Dogs Allowed" signs--or so many dogs on a beach.
These people are delusional. That would be of little consequence if they confined the dictates of their delusions to themselves, but they are determined to impose them on the rest of us.
everybody sing!
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