I would like to publicly disagree with the decision of the Mainstreet board to support (or not oppose) the ‘Boobs on Bikes' parade downtown. The day was much quieter for retailers than it would have been otherwise, due to an obvious boycott of the CBD by people opposing the parade (clearly the more mature, who are our core customers). While there were reasonable crowds, the spectators all left town at the end of the parade - Devonport Rd was backed up all the way down by people wanting to get out.
The crowds this event drew are not our regular customers, at least not on weekdays during working hours, and I would strongly oppose any future event of this type.
Not to mention the direction these small steps are taking us, and the example we are setting our kids by allowing the boundary to be stretched.

Chris Jenkins, Ohauiti.