Dancers brace for surveillance and more policing with new rules for Bourbon Stre

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• shadowcat

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  6 years ago

  On the one hand I feel sorry for the strippers but on the other no loss as the clubs have always been rip off tourist attractions.
• skibum609

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  6 years ago

  Another progressive shithole driving away jobs.
• Electronman

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  6 years ago

  It doesn't matter to me what label you apply to these efforts (progressive, conservative, evangelical, etc.). What matters to me is that elected officials are expanding government control in a manner that infringe on civil liberties.
  
  In this particular case, skibum is probably off base in blaming "progressives." Notice that NOLA has retained Scott Bergthold, a lawyer who specializes in legal services to restrict sexually oriented businesses. I don't know anything about the political or religious leanings of the NOLA elected officials who are pushing this initiative but Bergthold has been on a crusade to regulate strip clubs in many states, seemingly driven by greed (after all, he is a lawyer) and conservative and religious ideology.
  
  If you do a bit of research on Bergthold's efforts to regulate strip clubs in other states, you'll find this quote: "Bergthold also has a personal association with socially conservative causes. He’s a graduate of Regent University’s law school, has donated to anti-gay marriage campaigns, and once worked for Pat Robertson’s American Center for Law and Justice."
  
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• JeffTUSCL

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  6 years ago

  "Mystery shoppers" "KGB" what's the difference?
• san_jose_guy

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  6 years ago

  I hope places like Passions don't get subjected to this.
  
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