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| Voters Will Decide on Lap Dancing in L.A. |
| 2003-11-04 |
| Ain’t Democracy great! Opponents of a city ordinance banning lap dancing at strip clubs, bikini bars and adult bookstores have a chance to take their gripe to the ballot box. The city clerk certified on Monday that activists have collected enough signatures to force a referendum before the "no-touch" rule can go into effect. Now these are "activists" that might be fun to hang out with. The City Council must now decide whether to rescind it, place a referendum on the next citywide ballot in 2005 or add a question to the Democratic presidential primary in March. They have 20 days to decide what to do. I say Democratic primary in March would be perfect. Have Bill zip into town to campaign for it. He’ll probably do it gratis... Council members voted unanimously in September to require dancers remain at least six feet from customers and put in place restrictions that also would outlaw "VIP rooms" where nude dancers perform privately. How do you think this would go over in the Northwest Frontier Provinces? Supporters of the law have argued that adult entertainment places contribute to prostitution and drug use. Club owners say the rules infringed on First Amendment rights and would force many out of business. They spent $400,000 to gather more than the required 56,941 signatures to force a vote. Have they said, "This means the terrorists have won" yet? |
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| #8 I'm not sure what you mean by 'Private Clubs" but there are at least two strip clubs near Mirimar Marine Air Station (I work in that area). You can get lapdances there, but I think touching the dancers is illegal. That's what the big bribe thing Frank G mentioned was about. Touching means more money and the owner of one of the clubs was bribing City Councilment to change the law. From what I understand touching is still tolerated by the dancers, but the owners and company try to stop it for fear of legal problems. |
| Posted by: Yank 2003-11-4 9:07:02 PM |
| #7 Are they dividing by the house or using the ..... up. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2003-11-4 7:48:10 PM |
| #6 Yank, aren't there private clubs in SD? I haven't been to one of these in years, but I remember a LOT of lap-dancing going on. Has that changed over the past four years? |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge (VRWC CA Chapter) 2003-11-4 6:17:37 PM |
| #5 Larry Flynt was active in California politics recently. Sounds like his |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2003-11-4 6:17:14 PM |
| #4 I say ban it! Ain't nuthin but a big nasty tease! [Note: If the dancers collect the sigs, you'll need more signature sheets printed up.] |
| Posted by: .com 2003-11-4 5:59:57 PM |
| #3 My bet is you could stand outside the gates to Marine Air Station Mirimar and get the needed signatures in a week. If you put someone outside Camp Pendelton or the Naval bases you'd get enough signatures in a day. The idiot bribery scandal was doing things back-asswards. If the guy wanted to spend the money he should have paid some petition gatherers and gone directly to the people. It would have been cheaper and probably more successful. |
| Posted by: Yank 2003-11-4 3:53:04 PM |
| #2 SD Councilmen are under indictment for taking |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-11-4 1:02:16 PM |
| #1 I'm all for lapdances and such (they should change the law in San Diego while they're at it) but claiming First Ammendment rights trivializes the Constitution. |
| Posted by: Yank 2003-11-4 12:41:48 PM |