[Vision2020] Sandpoint Fair cancels Tight-fittin' Jeans Contest

[Carl Westberg]

Gee whiz, don't the folks in Sandpoint know that our own conservative 
congressman Butch Otter won a tight jeans contest in Boise a few years ago?  
                                                                             
                                                                             
                                                                             
                                                        Carl Westberg Jr.


>From: "Saundra Lund" <sslund@moscow.com>
>To: "'Tim Lohrmann'" <timlohr@yahoo.com>, <vision2020@moscow.com>
>Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Sandpoint Fair cancels Tight-fittin' Jeans 
>Contest
>Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 14:22:18 -0700
>
>Hmmm . . . interesting, Tim -- thanks for passing it along.
>
>I find it interesting (or sad, disappointing, etc) that in Idaho, The
>Powers That Be (TPTB) seem inordinately prone to caving into the
>interests of outspoken *minorities* rather than supporting the
>legitimate majority interests of the community.
>
>Ah, well . . . in the case of Moscow, Tick Tock Goes the Election Clock:
>81 days & counting until 11/4  :-)
>
>
>Saundra Lund
>Moscow, Idaho
>
>The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to
>do nothing.
>Edmund Burke
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: vision2020-admin@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-admin@moscow.com]
>On Behalf Of Tim Lohrmann
>Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 1:48 PM
>To: vision2020@moscow.com
>Subject: [Vision2020] Sandpoint Fair cancels Tight-fittin' Jeans Contest
>
>
>Visionaries,
>        Wranglers/topless car washes/Idaho...hmmmmm...
>       TL
>
>
>Fair Organizers Pull Tight Jeans Contest
>Complaints Lead to Cancellation
>
>By KEITH KINNAIRD
>News editor
>
>      SANDPOINT -- Complaints are causing organizers to
>fold a tight-fitting jeans contest during the Bonner
>County Fair.
>      The contest was set for 6 p.m. on Saturday on the
>north lawn of the fairgrounds. It would have been the
>first time the fair offered the event.
>      "Some ladies in the community think that it's
>inappropriate," said fair Manager Rhonda Livingston,
>who declined to identify the source of the complaints.
>      Livingston said the contest's critics worried it
>was exploitative and they did not like the idea of tax
>dollars supporting such an event. However, the contest
>was sponsored by jeans giant Wrangler, so it was not
>funded by taxpayers.
>      "We aren't trying to exploit anything. This was a
>sponsored event," said Livingston.
>      Wrangler, an international clothier, is a Bonner
>County Fair supporter. The company donated 50 stick
>horses for the children's rodeo.
>      Some fair participants and others who work around
>horses and livestock customarily wear snug clothes as
>a matter of function rather than fashion.
>Close-fitting clothes are less apt to snag on the
>animals.
>      Opponents of the tight-fitting jeans contest took
>their complaints to county commissioners, who deferred
>to the Bonner County Fair Board. Fair boards in Idaho
>are uniquely autonomous compared to other county
>boards.
>      The board originally approved the contest, but
>decided to cancel it and avoid infusing fair
>atmosphere with controversy or negativity, said
>Livingston, who is also the board's secretary.
>      "I don't want people coming to the fair with
>negative attitudes. I don't want people to be unhappy
>-- the fair is supposed to be fun," Livingston said
>
>
>
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