Editor:

    I read with horror the latest advertisement from the Dancing Bear fractional ownership residences/timeshares (chicken/poultry). It bluntly urged potential owners to come dance on the rooftop like no one is watching.

    This is clearly a desperate cry for help from the fractional ownership industry. Where does this unusual demographic of wealthy rooftop ballerinas hail from — Canada? France? Madagascar, perhaps? If they’re frolicking on the roof at the Dancing Bear, one can only hypothesize what will be taking place on the roof of the Little Nell residence club (shudder).

    I’d like to urge the City Council as well as the planning and zoning department to take serious notice of this potential emotionally damaging behavior and nip it in the bud. Imagine a nice twilight stroll on the mall being mauled by the ghastly sight of a scantily clad rooftop dancer, or worse, as you looked to the sunset in the West.

    Perhaps an ordinance could be drafted to discourage any behavior of this sort. I’d also like to suggest mandatory signage on the patio of the Dancing Bear: “Don’t Even THINK of dancing like no one’s watching on this Rooftop Patio!” Hefty fines would also be appropriate.

    Thanks to the Dancing Bear for the great ads.

Lorenzo Semple III
Aspen