Detroit Issues

Nah it's election season and from what I've heard it's slowed down in the past month. Those clubs are big money makers for the city and let's be clear with all of the executives around the world who come to Detroit because of the Big 3 these aren't going anywhere. LA, NYC, Chicago, and Miami have well known high priced escorts. Detroit has strip clubs

Looking forward to see what Jackslash has to say on this.

The latter. RE: authoritarian power.

It's a few months before elections. I would guess it's posturing for the voters. I haven't checked out the local politics but I wonder if someone at city hall is rattling the sabre for make a name of him or herself.

Often traveling dancer is a euphemism for prostitute or criminal in government's mind. The permits or licenses are to discourage traveling dancers, thinking prostitutes or criminals (in their minds) don't want the paper trail, or to be IDed, or don't have the time, or to be humiliated, or just don't want to be the bribe, sorry, I mean license fee.

And by humiliated I mean photographed in both street clothes then again in dancer g-string (totally unnecessary BTW), real name, and stage name, along with police likely standing by and saying all kinds of demeaning statements that cannot be proved. That's even before we realize that vice police or anyone else at city hall, now has all sorts of incriminating personally identifiable information about a dancer, so imagine the leverage the city employees have if they visit said dancer ITC and negotiate sex, then apply the leverage for all kinds of evil reasons. Which I sure never happens. /sarcasm.

I think they want to send the message that no traveling dancers, not even Stormy Daniels, will be tolerated unless they do it their way and they allow it. It's a power trip for LE and city hall and the bureaucrats that run the permit offices.

A very well-written article by Josephine, and highlights the hypocrisy of government/police and abuse of power. I can’t predict the future of the Detroit clubs, but I wonder how this crackdown hasn’t spread to Dearborn/Inkster clubs that still operate untethered.

With time, seems more and more cities are becoming anti strip clubs - Detroit clubs having been forced to get rid of private VIP rooms IMO does not bode well - seems the city is trying to change its image and being a mecca of strip clubs does not promote a positive image

Detroit police have cracked down this year by enforcing laws already on the books. Detroit requires dance cards for strippers, and has some very tight restrictions on contact between dancers and patrons. In the past the restrictions were ignored.

Some Detroit politicians and pastors believe--or profess to believe--that strip clubs bring crime and lawlessness into Detroit neighborhoods. They make a lot of noise around election time and force the police to act. However, strip clubs help the Detroit economy, and the cash taken in gets spread around in the form of bribes. Corruption, I hope, will defeat the do-gooders in the long run.

The Detroit crack down has not affected the Wayne County suburbs like Inkster, Romulus, Dearborn, and Southgate. The clubs in these towns have good relations with the police and politicians.

^^^^ I agree with Jackslash's perspective on such matters.

SJG

I was in Penthouse a couple of weeks ago and there are curtains now up in from of the booths. Lots of folks gettin' busy back there since there are no curtains between booths. Things are looking three thumbs up from my perspective.

What? I always came to Detroit for the great weather and nice smooth roads!

Josephine is a really good writer

Idk why the rest of my post cut off. So I take it a lot of taxpayer money is going down the drain for nonsense then.

Gee, I wonder why some of those vice cops need to cover their face. Would it be crazy for me to think that some of those guys go to clubs as customers because, well because, they would like to get a BJ?

It makes sense to me. It would be really awkward if a vice cop issues a ticket to a dancer that he previously got a BJ from, and she recognized him. It wouldn’t be as awkward if his face is covered so that there is little chance the dancer may recognize him.

Providence, RI, had a major crackdown several years ago when it was discovered that a 14-year-old girl (runaway) was being pimped out of Cheaters, a club that eventually closed and then re-opened as the Wild Zebra.

The media coverage and police crackdown brought the scene down for a good stretch. The problem (or benefit, depending on perspective) is that there needs to be both a political will and budget to continue enforcement. Lacking that, things tend to creep back to whatever the clubs are willing to allow, which at most Providence clubs is a lot.

Detroit might be going through an enforcement cycle right now. The real question is 'how long will it last?'.

With the drug problem in america it is comforting to know law enforcement has their priorties straight!

Usually, the cops respond to media and political pressure. They are rarely moral crusaders (though it does happen).

During the period when indoor prostitution was legal in Rhode Island, the cops were quietly fine with it. It made it easier to focus on higher priorities and it decreased streetwalking prostitution (a more public-level nuisance).

In fact, when the indoor prostitution loophole got legislated out of existence, the availability of FS extras inside the clubs didn't change at all. In fact, some of the most lenient clubs had hired police details inside the clubs on weekend nights and still nothing changed.

But, again, when Cheaters got busted for hiring a 14-year-old runaway and both the media and politicians got wind of it, suddenly the cops were forced to give a shit.