In an embarrassing twist of events, the good citizenry of Spokane will not get to vote on public nudity next November. The naked truth is that nearly half of the 3,320 signatures gathered with the intent to clutter the ballot with a misdemeanor public exposure law have been ruled invalid by the Spokane County Elections Office. What happened? Well, some bogus signatures are always easy to spot. You know, names like, Ivana Tinkle, Seymour Butts, I.P. Freely, Oliver Klozoff, Mike Rotch, Anita Bath … You just have to watch a lot of episodes of “The Simpsons.” Then you’ll immediately identify these names from prank Bart Simpson calls, not registered voters. According to news reports, nearly a third of the nixed names were from highly offended people who live outside of Spokane or “Spo-Sodom” as the ultra-religious sometimes call it/Doug Clark, SR. More here.

Question: I don't think Coeur d'Alene has a public nudity measure to address such things as bikini baristas. I suspect not. Years ago, the City Council voted in favor of a more lenient approach to near nudity on the beach when it allowed the infamous Thong Man to continue to wear his thong at City Beach. Should Coeur d'Alene have more stringent rules for public near nudity?