97% of Taxpayers say It was a big waste of money for state to fight San Onofre nude beach

One truism about politics is taxpayers usually have much more common sense then appointed government workers who normally just feed off of the taxpayers backs.

Last year a California parks department director got a bee in her bonnet because San Onofre nude beach was very popular (it had been used as a nude beach for over 30 years) and she wanted it to be shut down. She said thee was high crime there. It was determined that there were 150 documented complaints in a 10 year period or one every 24 days. Plus, the crimes were mainly in the parking lot and not by nudists. Too bad they didn't compare the crime statistics to textile beaches. I bet textile beaches have more complaints filed.

The Orange County register newspaper on 5/30/08 had a poll:

What do you think of the nude beach? Here was the result:

The state should shut it down 287 votes
I'll be heading down to take my clothes off 2854 votes
Doesn't bother me, but I wouldn't do it 535 votes
I've nude sunbathed in Europe, but would hesitate in the U.S. 91 votes
Total Votes: 3767

Only 7.6% of people taking the poll wanted the beach shut down. Click here to see original poll

However, the California state parks department went ahead and wasted $42,000 of taxpayers money getting the San Onofre nude beach shut down. they completely ignored the wishes and desires of the citizens as seen in that poll.

So the Orange Country Register this Nov 25th, 2009 conducted another poll asking readers was it worth wasting (oops they said spending) $42,000 on this fight to shut down the beach. Do you know what? Taxpayers again show common sense. 97% said NO!

Here's the poll results as of when I write this. This poll is still open and people can still vote.

"State spends over $40,000 to fight nudists
Was it worth spending $42,000 on this fight against public nudity?
Yes. I feel the money was well spent. 2 %

No. The state is already cash-strapped. 97 %

Not sure. 1 %

Total Votes: 449"

To see and vote on the poll click here

Too bad our government seems to NEVER listen to the citizens with common sense. They always seem to listen just to extremists. And too bad we can't vot out of office political hacks and appointees.

Tom Mulhall
Terra Cotta Inn clothing optional resort and spa
Sunny Palm Springs, CA
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Sunny Palm Springs, California has no June Gloom

Many people always lump Palm Springs in with Southern California when they think about weather. People think Palm Springs, Los Angeles, Orange County, and San Diego all have the same weather.

They couldn't be more wrong.

For instance today they are predicting San Diego which is where Black's Beach nude beach is located to be mostly cloudy and a high of only 70F. Palm Springs is 100% sunny and predicted to have a high of 98F and low humidity. Perfect nude sunbathing weather.

The reason I bring this up is a couple who is checking in today called this morning wanting to cancel their reservation this week. They said they had been in San Diego over the weekend and were so disappointed because it had drizzled there and was cool. They couldn't go to the nude beach. Naturally, we were 100% sunny over the weekend.

When we told them we were 100% sunny and a high of 98F today they couldn't believe it as Palm Springs is only 2 1/2 hours away from San Diego. But, yet our weather is completely different than the rest of southern California as Palm Springs is the sunniest city in the US.

We average less then 3 inches of rain a year. The reason we are so sunny is we have a 10,800 foot mountain chain separating us from the Pacific ocean. So we don't have any of the ocean clouds or rain.

Above is a photo of the Palm Springs tram going up the side of the mountain.

There is an expression in Southern California called June gloom. In the month of June it is normally cloudy until late afternoon along the beaches in California.

Some come on out to sunny palm Springs and enjoy the warm sunshine! No June Gloom here!

Now is the perfect time to try topless or nude sunbathing at our resort. Last year both AOL.com and tripadvisor.com picked us as one of the 10 best clothing optional resorts in the world.

We are the most mainstream nudist resort in America and perfect for couples trying topless or nude sunbathing for the first time.

We even have a special in June for first timers. Book Sunday through Thursday, stay 1night and get $25 off on the 2nd night's stay.

Give us a all at 800-786-6938.

Visit our site at http://sunnyfun.com

We hope to see you soon in sunny Palm Springs!