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August 3, 2004
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The porn supremacy
As an advocate of the First Amendment and devoted
reader of City Link, I’d like to know what your staff was smoking
when it published an open letter to Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jim Naugle
and City Commissioner Dean Trantalis in defense of Hustler Hollywood
[“The people for Larry Flynt,” July 7].
The only difference I see from the old “boarded-up
eyesore” Peaches building is an extremely subtle neon sign
announcing “Hustler,” a coat of cement-colored paint and
a big, glass storefront window. I didn’t see the scantily clad
women and men in the window feeding grapes and caviar to each other,
playing with sex toys and watching videos — but I’m sure
they were just on a coffee break.
This is a far cry from what your staff depicted
the store would look like. I guess this is Larry Flynt’s idea
of a “pretty woman.” I think it’s a smelly, stinky
harlot.
I also think it’s a smelly, stinky shame that
the city commissioners and Mayor Naugle buckled under the pressure
and threat of being sued by Flynt. Perhaps they will visit the store
and buy some cojones.
I’m all for freedom of expression and a person’s
right to buy sex toys, videos, lingerie and music while sipping
a café latte. However, as a native and homeowner in the area,
I do think it’s scary.
Come on, at least we could have asked for more landscaping,
a kinder and gentler sign, a more attractive building — something
that is pleasing to the eye. How about some curb appeal? How about
some building eye candy?
Sometimes not baring all is sexy. Isn’t that
what people who visit Hustler Hollywood want — pleasure? And
don’t the tourists who flock to Fort Lauderdale beach want
a pleasurable holiday? Shame on the City Link staff, the mayor and
the City Commission.
L.D. Nixon
Fort Lauderdale
Newswatch: worse than Springer
Every time I try and get back into picking up your
magazine, the first six to eight pages remind me of why I don’t
have a TV. I start feeling duped. If I want to know what’s
not news, I’ll sit down in front of Jerry Springer.
On page seven of the July 7 issue, five of the seven
stories in your Newswatch were about someone’s run in with
the law. News Quirks is entirely devoted to police activity on a
weekly basis. Original ideas are pretty tough if you’re not
cut out for it.
Why aren’t you covering the weekly changes
in local and global environmental issues, health issues, new technology
in robotics, film and recording, local history, local revolutionaries?
Give us something — please.
Alan Huskins
Pompano Beach
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