Strip clubs have until Oct. 1 to get rid of dancers under 21

What a bunch of no good do gooders.

They believe they are doing the dancers a favor, by forcing them out of the sex industry. When southern Baptists and feminazis agree... well, "in stranger eons Death may die."

John Smith might have a heart attack

I've never clubbed in New Orleans because I view it as a mini Vegas. But the precedent it sets is horrendous and grossly unfair. Think of the 19 year old blond that wanted to suck my dick last night. The poor girl needed money and the fucking bureaucrats want to deny it to her. It's tragic.

On a serious note, this is a stupid idea because it will push 18-21 year olds into more dangerous forms of sex work. Lots of them will turn to seeking arrangement or whatever the other web sites are used for escorts these days. They aren't going to just settle for minimum wage at Burger King when they're at the peak of their sexual earning potential.

This law is actually less stringent than the state law, which allows no grace period at all before under 18 dancers have to be let go.

NOLA used to be a fun place to party - not anymore.

Since Katrina, the city "rebuilding" has been pushed by the very "do gooders" VM abhors. These "civic leaders" are politically "progressive" (in this case describing government controls over everything) and socially, oppressively structured (notice how I avoided Liberal and conservative here - because NOLA politics ain't national and NOLA is not about Repubs, Demos, bathroom servers or Casino bankruptcies). What is going on is these "do gooders" trying to remake NOLA into a Disney theme park "family" version of New Orleans.

Strip clubs there are "no smoking" now and city inspectors enforce a number of new ordinances that regulate lighting, dancer wardrobes, lap dance rooms, bathrooms and even - in some cases - contact between customer and dancer. It is killing the money dancers used to make and forcing them to seek other employment - or relocate.

But that's OK, because the "do gooders" are killing a lot of other businesses - especially the tourist industry. New Orleans looks like a ghost town now, and I doubt that will change much over the next decade. I doubt the NOLA "revival" as a family friendly place will succeed like Vegas.

Thanks Dallas. Those were along the lines I was thinking.

I have to live with strip club rules in a similar vein (do gooder) and most days I think I should just get an escort have have her give me nude LDs in a hotel room, and skip the club.

What they do to NOLA is up to them, I agree. I only visited NOLA once a few years after Katrina. The strip club business was doing just fine, now we'll just have to wait and see.

I am not from NOLA.... what is the age that that a person needs to be to serve alcohol?

From my last trip to New Orleans, if I remember correctly (and after the number of hurricanes I might not be), most of the dancers we saw that night appeared to be young, and a large percentage had to be under 21. If that's true, there won't be enough dancers (with all the clubs just on Bourbon Street) for them all to stay open. But silver lining, with all these dancers now having to turn to escorting, the prices of escorts in NOLA should drop.

We'll be in New Orleans and two weeks and the number of strip club visits planned is zero. Same as when we go to Vegas.

Hey if Hilary wins, maybe she'll let Bill have strippers come to the White House. Yeah, Che, NOLA is the beneficiary of the powers to be on the state level.