Naked Mayor

The deputy mayor and councillor for economy on the city council in Lepe, Spain -- 35-year-old, Maria Dolores Jimenez -- is one of the entrants in this year's Miss Lepe competition, and has appeared nude the Lepe Urbana magazine that is sponsoring the event. Although Ms. Jimenez declined to talk to the press, her political opponents were more forthcoming -- and, in stark contrast to what would probably happen in some countries, they were surprisingly supportive.

The general secretary of the local PSOE party, Maria Bella Martin, congratulated her for "some fantastic photos, and she looks perfect," while Maria Luisa di Prisco said that "it is an initiative that should be applauded, and if she wants to do it, I think's it's fantastic because she's gorgeous!"

Miss Jimenez, a member of the PP party, appears naked on a beach on the front cover of the magazine while inside, next to a profile, she is shown sitting naked in a field surrounded by books. The profile describes her as a 35 year old agronomic engineer from Cordoba. She loves running, and one day she will start and never stop; she also likes reading and talking about what she has read, and travelling, Arabic culture and dreaming of living in Africa, which is something that is key to her happiness, according to contest officials.

-- She is also a hottie, but what struck me most about this article, aside from the photos of Ms. Jimenez, hehehe!, was the sensible and supportive reaction of women in political parties opposed to the party of Ms. Jimenez. Just about anywhere else on the planet there would be caterwauling and condemnation, but not in the city of Lepe, Spain.