by millionairemind » Thu Jul 09, 2009 12:32 pm
July 8, 2009
Topless parade to go ahead
WELLINGTON - A PORN entrepreneur has vowed to go ahead with his annual 'Boobs on Bikes' parade of topless women in Auckland, despite financial woes and the opposition of the city's mayor.
Fairfax newspapers reported Steve Crow had said the annual parade, held since 2003 down the main street of New Zealand's largest city, would go ahead on September 23 to advertise his erotica show. The group did not quote him directly.
Two of Crow's companies have gone into liquidation at his request after earlier shows in the capital Wellington and the southern city of Christchurch lost money.
Auckland Mayor John Banks says he is vehemently opposed to the parade of topless porn stars, which attracts thousands of spectators, but is powerless to stop them.
A court ruled last year the parades are legal after the Auckland City Council, which Mr Banks heads, tried to have them stopped.
'I am totally opposed to the exploitation of vulnerable woman,' he told Fairfax.
'Taking... women down Queen Street on the back of Harley Davidsons bare breasted and paying them for such activity is, in my review, not in keeping with the family image with which I want Auckland to be portrayed. The council doesn't want to know anything about this.' -- AFP
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