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• You can tell ME that this "group" of "tourists" cannot be seen from the upper floors atop the Cocoa Beach Surf Shop? And that Ron Dimenna had been consulted when this "idea" was approached, that would indeed be detrimental to his business, that would quite assuredly reduce his income, that he did not have something to say about it? Quite possibly, the City Council of Cocoa Beach forget to tell him when the meeting was going to be, to discuss this wild plan for the "wholesome family oriented" nudist colony? Where is Skip Beeler, our mayor? We cannot even drink a beer on the beach anymore, but we can have a whole boatload of naked people, men and women and children, frolicking around on the end of 520 and A1A....this is good for revenue AND our reputation. We go from putting men on the moon to mooning men on the street. We are losing our Cocoa Beach...just sayin' what everybody is thinkin"....

• Why should everybody be thinkin what your'e thinkin? And why call it a nudist "colony" you ARE living in the past, like a lot of Americans! If you go to France you will see(AND Ive visited quite a few of em) clearly signed Naturist resorts and beaches where families just do wholesome holiday activities but without clothes,and the beaches are not fenced off but clothed and unclothed people happily mingle. Some of you American's are soo prudish, witness the furore over Janet Jackson's "nipplegate" and the stupid comments about breastfeeding in public,which is why you have one of the highest teenage pregnancy rates in the world. Kids brought up in a wholesome naturist household have a healthy respect for the body(as do my 2 daughters!).Nudity does NOT=sex and if you catch sight of a naked person it will do you no harm! So more power to the clothing optional family hotel!

• I welcome the oppurtunity for any business to thrive in this economy. I wish the owners good luck. I have travelled all over the world, and I have seen 1st hand how other countries view public nudity and guess what it is no big deal. Yes the hotel is completly closed in where most people would take the clothing optional option, so if you are not going to stay at the hotel, why complain about it

• A Nudist/naturist resort has never been 'detrimental' to any other established business. these resorts bring in hundreds of thousands of dollars to the business communties and tax revenues to the county\cities. On a slightly more personal note. nudists are far less 'sexual' than everyday tradtional beach resorts.

• Joan, why are you so concerned what goes on behind (someone else's) closed doors? And remember, God created human bodies in His own image--if you don't like the design, consult the maker.

• Seriously Joan ? Please mind your own business and stop being so concerned about what does not have anything to do with you. The resort is PRIVATE not public and not in view of the public. Your disrespectful view of naturalism and the people who practice it is not what America is about. We respect and tolerate other points of view and lifestyles. It is for God to judge, not you.

• Good luck, Fawlty Towers!Andy in Texas

• You can tell ME that this "group" of "tourists" cannot be seen from the upper floors atop the Cocoa Beach Surf Shop? And that Ron Dimenna had been consulted when this "idea" was approached, that would indeed be detrimental to his business, that would quite assuredly reduce his income, that he did not have something to say about it? Quite possibly, the City Council of Cocoa Beach forget to tell him when the meeting was going to be, to discuss this wild plan for the "wholesome family oriented" nudist colony? Where is Skip Beeler, our mayor? We cannot even drink a beer on the beach anymore, but we can have a whole boatload of naked people, men and women and children, frolicking around on the end of 520 and A1A....this is good for revenue AND our reputation. We go from putting men on the moon to mooning men on the street. We are losing our Cocoa Beach...just sayin' what everybody is thinkin"....

• Why should everybody be thinkin what your'e thinkin? And why call it a nudist "colony" you ARE living in the past, like a lot of Americans! If you go to France you will see(AND Ive visited quite a few of em) clearly signed Naturist resorts and beaches where families just do wholesome holiday activities but without clothes,and the beaches are not fenced off but clothed and unclothed people happily mingle. Some of you American's are soo prudish, witness the furore over Janet Jackson's "nipplegate" and the stupid comments about breastfeeding in public,which is why you have one of the highest teenage pregnancy rates in the world. Kids brought up in a wholesome naturist household have a healthy respect for the body(as do my 2 daughters!).Nudity does NOT=sex and if you catch sight of a naked person it will do you no harm! So more power to the clothing optional family hotel!

• I welcome the oppurtunity for any business to thrive in this economy. I wish the owners good luck. I have travelled all over the world, and I have seen 1st hand how other countries view public nudity and guess what it is no big deal. Yes the hotel is completly closed in where most people would take the clothing optional option, so if you are not going to stay at the hotel, why complain about it