Ken Schram: Too naughty for liberal Seattle?

Ken Schram: Too naughty for liberal Seattle?

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Story Published: May 12, 2008 at 12:39 PM PDT

Story Updated: Nov 20, 2008 at 7:43 PM PDT

By KOMO Staff

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For all its highly touted liberalism, Seattle has a problem with people swimming 'nekkid.'

For the past several months, anywhere from 30 to 70 people have been showing up at the Ballard pool to go swimming au natural.

Booked as an after-hours nudist event, the once-a-month splash extravaganza is about to fall prey to a bureaucratic hiccup.

Seems the city's parks and recreation department has suddenly "discovered" that to supervise the naturalist's as they cavort in the water, lifeguards have to be at least 21 years of age.

The group has been using lifeguards who are 18 or older.

When asked why they had to be 21, parks department management said it was a "safety thing."

A spokesperson for the 'nekkid' swimmers says the Ballard pool doesn't require 21-year-old lifeguards for any other group.

He sees this as a not so subtle move to get nudists out of the water since 21-year-old lifeguards are few and far between.

And in case you were wondering: There have been no problems, no issues and no complaints.

Just a pack of park department prudes who think swimming 'nekkid' is just too naughty for a liberal city like Seattle.

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