"New Stalls for Craig's Airport Restroom"

[in_cog_ni_to]

New Stalls for Craig's Airport Restroom
By JOSHUA FREED, Associated Press Writer

6 hours ago

MINNEAPOLIS - The infamous airport men's room where Sen. Larry Craig was arrested is getting new stall dividers that drop nearly to the floor to make it a less inviting spot for sexual liaisons.

Web sites had touted that restroom as a popular site for sex with strangers, and police reports over the summer described several cases of men ducking their heads under the dividers into adjoining stalls, allegedly in search of sex.

On June 11, an undercover police officer was the men's room when Craig allegedly tapped his feet and swiped his hand under the divider in a way authorities said was a signal for someone wanted sex.

Craig pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct, but when the incident became public, he denied ever seeking sex there and said the officer misunderstood his actions. Craig is now seeking to withdraw his guilty plea to the misdemeanor.

The Minneapolis airport has more than 80 restrooms, but only two are being targeted for the new dividers, including the one now known for Craig's arrest.<snip>

http://www.comcast.net/news/national/index.jsp?cat=DOMESTIC&fn=/2007/09/28/774994.html&cvqh=itn_craig

[Chipper Chat]

1. Custodians will howl bloody murder.

Mopping the floor will now take twice as long. Did you ever try to get a mop under a two inch crack? So the airport is sacrificing clean floors for clean minds. Ha!

[populistdriven]

7. Excuse me! I have never tried to get anything inside a two-inch crack! - sayeth the senator...

Is this on the evening news also? Plz Say its so!!!

[LisaL]

11. Oh give me a break. The custodian will just have to mop

each stall individually. I must say it's a lot easier to install new dividers than have police officers sitting in the stall waiting for someone to play footsie.

[L. Coyote]

2. Will the old ones go to the Smithsonian? They are a National Political Treasure!

:rofl:

[babylonsister]

3. You're bad.

:rofl:

[NNN0LHI]

6. Watch for them to be auctioned off on eBay n/t

[MoonRiver]

4. Rolf!

Shows that something good can come from every Republic outrage!!

:rofl:

[populistdriven]

9. heh! here is the AP link

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jr_FDeg5YjXyLNUTLyQMUz459K8wD8RUIRQO0

[Kurovski]

5. Awww...

They have no sense of fun at all.

[itsrobert]

8. Wouldn't more pirvacy mean more chances of sexual activity?

What is this going to accomplish?

[JBoy]

10. It's Bush's fault

He was supposed to be a uniter. Not a divider.