Annual Wild Splash concert relocating from Clearwater to Tampa, reports TampaBay.com. Mayor of Scientology Town, U.S.A., apparently prefers freaks toting E-meters and the complete removal of downtown nightlife to "brief nudity."
Although the concert drew big, exuberant crowds, some city officials were upset with the foul language they heard and the brief nudity they saw, mostly from flashers. Raucous behavior also was a problem with the Next Big Thing.
"I always had a problem with some of the impact of the concert, because of some of the incidents that occurred, so I'm not sorry to see that go," Clearwater Mayor Frank Hibbard said today. "We want to have diversity in our entertainment, but at the same time we don't want the negative impact it brought. I'm not going to lose any sleep over it."
So, exactly what entertainment is left these days in downtown Clearwater? Other than, y'know, waiting outside the Fort Harrison for a glimpse of Tom-Kat and their lil,' soon-to-be-indoctrinated, offspring Suri?
This article appears in Jan 9-15, 2008.