[Vision2020] And Now for Something a Little Different

[Tom Hansen]

If you recently stole the Dutch City of Leeuwarden's municipal porn 
archive, city officials would like a word with you. 

In a related news item, cities in the Netherlands have municipal porn 
archives.
 
Courtesy of the Associated Press at:
 
http://tinyurl.com/at47ld
 
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Dutch city fears loss of pornography archive 
By TOBY STERLING
Associated Press Writer 

The municipal pornography archive in the Dutch city of Leeuwarden is 
missing and officials fear it may be gone for good.

Spokesman Erik Krikke of the city's historical center said the archive — 
which contained photos, drawings and erotic texts with a connection to the 
city — may have been taken home "accidentally" by an employee or visitor.

"We're hoping that someone will say 'Hey, I have that in my attic' and 
bring it back," he said Thursday. "No questions asked."

Krikke said the collection was small enough to have fit in a moving box.

Mayor Ferd Crone of Leeuwarden, 87 miles (140 kilometers) north of 
Amsterdam, told local media he had been unaware of the collection's 
existence and was surprised it was gone.

Krikke said the bulk of the archive had been assembled by a "fanatic" 
curator at the historical center, mostly during the 1960s and '70s. Items 
such as pictures by local photographers and artists would be difficult or 
impossible to replace.

The collection included a copy of the rare February 1998 edition of Dutch 
Playboy, Krikke said. It featured girls from each of 11 Dutch cities along 
the route of the country's most beloved ice skating race, the 
Elfstedentocht. One of those girls was from Leeuwarden.

Asked whether he thought it was unusual for the town to have a pornography 
collection, Krikke said "yes" — and that made the loss greater.

"Actually, we don't have one anymore," he said.

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How about it, Moscow?

Heck.  City hall would have to hire a complete separate staff just to 
process public records requests.

Seeya round town, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho
 
"For a lapsed Lutheran born-again Buddhist pan-Humanist Universalist 
Unitarian Wiccan Agnostic like myself there's really no reason ever to go 
to work."

- Roy Zimmerman



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