{"id":1787,"date":"2016-10-03T19:23:24","date_gmt":"2016-10-03T23:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chattanoogabystander.com\/?p=1787"},"modified":"2016-10-03T19:23:24","modified_gmt":"2016-10-03T23:23:24","slug":"berke-wears-mesh-shirt-at-pride-parade-to-show-transparency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chattanoogabystander.com\/2016\/10\/03\/berke-wears-mesh-shirt-at-pride-parade-to-show-transparency\/","title":{"rendered":"Berke wears mesh shirt at Pride Parade to show transparency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mayor Andy Berke strutted down Riverside Drive wearing a white mesh shirt at yesterday&#8217;s Chattanooga Pride Parade in order to demonstrate a commitment to transparency, after criticism about previously using an encrypted smartphone messaging app to communicate with his staff.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve got nothing to hide,&#8221; said Berke, as he lifted up his mesh shirt to slowly rub baby oil all over his chiseled, hairless chest. &#8220;Why would I, when you&#8217;ve got these rock-hard, six-pack abs like mine?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Berke surprised parade watchers with multiple outfit changes during the event, featuring a variety of see-through apparel, including a clear plastic vest with the words &#8220;BOY TOY&#8221; printed on it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ll comply with any open records request,&#8221; said a shirtless Berke, wearing suspenders and a bow tie.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ll open my records, all right. Wide. Wide open, baby,&#8221; said Berke, before tearing his eyeglasses from his face and winking an eye.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mayor Andy Berke strutted down Riverside Drive wearing a white mesh shirt at yesterday&#8217;s Chattanooga Pride Parade in order to demonstrate a commitment to transparency, after criticism about previously using an encrypted smartphone messaging app to communicate with his staff. &#8220;I&#8217;ve got nothing to hide,&#8221; said Berke, as he lifted up his mesh shirt to slowly rub baby oil all over his chiseled, hairless chest. &#8220;Why would I, when you&#8217;ve got these rock-hard, six-pack abs like mine?&#8221; Berke surprised parade watchers with multiple outfit changes during the event, featuring a variety of see-through apparel, including a clear plastic vest with<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1786,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7,15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chattanoogabystander.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1787"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chattanoogabystander.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chattanoogabystander.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chattanoogabystander.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chattanoogabystander.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1787"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chattanoogabystander.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1787\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chattanoogabystander.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chattanoogabystander.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chattanoogabystander.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chattanoogabystander.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}