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14 years ago
FYI, THE MAIN ATTORNEY RESPONSIBLE FOR REGULATING & LEGISLATING CLUBS OUT OF BUSINESS NATIONWIDE IS SCOTT BERGTHOLD http://www.adultbusinesslaw.com/www http://www.strengthenthefamily.net/regulate_sex_business.php
NEEDLESS TO SAY HE IS AFFILIATED WITH SEVERAL FAR RIGHT WING ULTRA CONSERVATIVE GROUPS
THIS GUY MAKES HIS LIVING DUPING CITIES AND STATES INTO BELIEVING HIS OFTEN "BOGUS NEGATIVE SECONDARY EFFECTS" STUDIES AT THE EXPENSE OF TAXPAYERS... HE WINS SOME AND LOSES SOME, BUT IT'S A DISTURBING TREND REGARDLESS....
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14 years ago
FYI, THE MAIN ATTORNEY RESPONSIBLE FOR REGULATING & LEGISLATING CLUBS OUT OF BUSINESS NATIONWIDE IS SCOTT BERGTHOLD http://www.adultbusinesslaw.com/www http://www.strengthenthefamily.net/regulate_sex_business.php
NEEDLESS TO SAY HE IS AFFILIATED WITH SEVERAL FAR RIGHT WING ULTRA CONSERVATIVE GROUPS
THIS GUY MAKES HIS LIVING DUPING CITIES AND STATES INTO BELIEVING HIS OFTEN "BOGUS NEGATIVE SECONDARY EFFECTS" STUDIES AT THE EXPENSE OF TAXPAYERS... HE WINS SOME AND LOSES SOME, BUT IT'S A DISTURBING TREND REGARDLESS....
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14 years ago
MisterGuy, You are mostly correct it's the EXTREMES from both the GOP-(Religious Right) and also Democrats that are the main culprits. I will give some examples
OHIO- STATEWIDE LAW- NO TOUCH LAW INITIATED BY A FAR RIGHT GOP GROUP CCV =REPUBLICAN
MISSIOURI-STATEWIDE LAW-NO TOUCH-NO BOOZE, NO NUDITY,- MATT BARTLE-REPUBLICAN
FLORIDA- COUNTY BY COUNTY...STRANGE STATE FROM DAYTONA BEACH-VERY STRICT ANTI STRIP CLUB LAWS...TO TAMPA & MIAMI...LIBERAL CLUBS...BATTLEGROUND POLITICALLY ALSO
WASHINGTON PARK ILLINOIS-DEMOCRAT SOME OF THE MOST "LIBERAL" STRIP CLUBS IN THE COUNTRY
CALIFORNIA-DEMOCRAT- CITY BY CITY LAWS... BUT OVERALL PRETTY "LIBERAL" STRIP CLUBS
DETROIT, MICHIGAN-DEMOCRAT, PASSED SOME STRICT ANTI STRIP CLUB LAWS, BUT GENERALLY NOT ENFORCED ON THE OUTSKIRTS LIKE IN INSKTER
MEMPHIS, TN-DEMOCRAT... AWW... THE OLE PLATINUM PLUS CAUSED CITY TO PASS AND ENFORCE STRICT LAWS
LOUISVILLE, KY-MOSTLY DEMOCRAT CONTROLLED AND THEY PASSED ANTI STRIP CLUB LAWS- NO TOUCH, NO BOOZE AND ITS BEING ENFORCED... GO TO LEXINGTON WHERE IT'S FULL NUDE, GOOD CONTACT AND FULL BAR...
IOWA- CITY BY CITY AND A BATTLEGROUND POLITICALLY SOME "LIBERAL" CLUBS IN DES MOINES & DAVENPORT WHILE CEDAR RAPIDS IS LAME
ARIZONA- CONSERVATIVE GOP STATE AND PRETTY CONSERVATIVE CLUBS TO MIDDLE OF ROAD
INDIANA- MODERATE TO CONSERVATIVE STATE, MIDDLE OF ROAD CLUBS
S. CAROLINA- CONSERVATIVE GOP STATE, FAIRLY LIBERAL CLUBS
NEVADA- DEMOCRAT STATE BUT BECOMING A BATTLEGROUND- "LIBERAL" CLUBS, WITH LEGAL BROTHELS ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF VEGAS
WISONSIN- BATTLEGROUND POLITICALLY AND MIDDLE OF ROAD CLUBS
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14 years ago
From the Kansas Wichita Eagle
http://www.kansas.com/2011/03/27/1779522/opinion-line-extra-march-27.html
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14 years ago
From the Kansas Wichita Eagle
http://www.kansas.com/2011/03/27/1779522/opinion-line-extra-march-27.html
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14 years ago
LAkitten, I assume your from California and the club you work at is there also...? Don't know what your unique situation is but as a "whole" liberal California ha some of the least restrictive laws for strip clubs on the books. San Diego is one exception to this...
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14 years ago
I failed to mention SCOTT BERGTHOLD aka COMMUNITY DEFENSE COUNSEL, attorney who represents many of the above groups and bilks taxpayers and judges into believing his usual bogus junk science. A few more legal organizations (from the RIGHT WING) that actively pursue unfavorable legislation to the strip club industry are.
Alliance Defence Fund
American Center for Law and Justice
Americans United for Life
Foundation for Moral Law
Home School Legal Defense Association
Liberty Counsel
Rutherford Institute
Thomas Moore Law Center
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14 years ago
Religious Right GOP Groups that are anti-strip club...I am certain there are some far left-wing groups that are anti strip club...just couldn't think of who they are...
American Family Association
American Life League
Center for Reclaiming America
Christian Coalition of America
Citizens for Community Values CCV
Concerned Women for America
Constitution Party
Eagle Forum
Faith and Action
Family Federation for World Peace and Unification
Family Research Council
Focus on the Family
Focus on the Family, State Family Policy Councils
Moral Majority Coalition
National Right to Life Committee
Priests for Life
Traditional Values Coalition
Vision America
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14 years ago
@skibum609, yes there are "BLUE" areas that enact strict laws, just as there plenty of "RED" states... Neither party is particularly pro strip clubs... Anyone who believes the religious right GOP is not responsible for some of the strict laws is wrong, just as anyone who believes there are entities on the far left aren't responsible for some of the laws...
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14 years ago
From what I read & hear from my friends in NO-OHIO, the LAW is pretty "loosely enforced" in liberal Cleveland, but "strictly enforced" in the Cincinnati area where the far right wing "conservative" group CCV originates... Anyone from Missouri care to comment on their statewide law and areas/degrees of enforcement? WHAT A WASTE OF TAXPAYERS $$!!
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14 years ago
Here is pretty much the LAW in OHIO that has been in place for a few years now mainly because of the CCV...kinda scary to me....
http://www.ccv.org/issues/sex-oriented-businesses/community-defense-act/
Community Defense Act
Friday, August 8, 2008 was, indeed, a very significant day for the families of Ohio.
It was on that day that a long-awaited decision came down from the office of Judge Solomon Oliver, Jr. of the U.S. District Court of Northern Ohio: Ohio Revised Code 2907.40 – the Community Defense Act (CDA) – had been confirmed to be constitutional and enforceable. The request of Ohio’s sex business owners to secure a “preliminary injunction†to prevent CDA from being enforced had been unequivocally denied.
Click to read the Federal Court’s Decision and the Community Defense Act as passed by the Ohio General Assembly.
Click here to read Ohio Attorney General’s office has a model ordinance regulating and prohibiting criminal conduct in Sexually Oriented Businesses
Columbus Dispatch gets it!
Senate Bill 16 History: The Community Defense Act
How We Got Here
Prior to the passage of HB 23 in 2006, the 1,308 townships in Ohio had very little authority to address the problems associated with sexually oriented businesses (SOBs) within their jurisdiction. The House-passed version of HB 23 on a vote of 92-5 not only included home rule authority for townships, but also statewide standards for all SOBs regarding their hours of operation and the distance required between employees and patrons. The Senate-passed version of HB 23 removed the statewide standards, and was eventually accepted by the House and signed by Governor Taft.
The Initiative Process
Numerous studies identifying the negative secondary effects of this industry point to a compelling state interest for these two statewide standards: hours of operation and no physical contact. Therefore, in response to a voter-initiated petition by more than 220,000 Ohio citizens, the General Assembly took up a bill entitled the “Community Defense Act†(CDA) on January 2, 2007 in accordance with constitutional guidelines for such. The Senate passed SB 16 by a bi-partisan vote of 24-8; the House passed SB 16 by a bi-partisan vote of 73-24. The effective date of SB16 is scheduled for September 4.
The Why and What of SB 16
CDA places two regulations on all sexually oriented businesses, thereby establishing a uniform minimum industry standard in Ohio law to address the problems associated with SOBs. Numerous government studies (available upon request) have chronicled these problems, which include the following:
* Increased crime, especially, but not limited to, those sexual in nature;
* Decreased property values, both residential and commercial; and
* Urban blight, the general downgrading of the surrounding areas.
The U.S. Supreme Court, the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, and other federal courts have consistently upheld the rights of governments to implement the two regulations of this proposed legislation:
1. No physical contact
Employees who regularly appear nude or semi-nude and while in such a state would be restricted from having physical contact with patrons. Violation of this provision is either a fourth-degree or a first-degree misdemeanor, depending upon the location of the prohibited contact.
The prohibition of touching between patrons and nude or seminude employees serves to prevent various crimes such as the exchange of money for prostitution or drug transactions. Courts have recognized that governments may reasonably find that separation requirements serve the interest of reducing these secondary problems of adult establishments. Court cases upholding various no-touch rules include:
* “While on the premises, no performer or adult cabaret dancers shall have physical contact with a patron and no patron shall have physical contact with a performer or adult cabaret dancer, which physical contact involves the touching of the clothed or unclothed genitals, pubic area, buttocks, cleft of the buttocks, perineum, anal region, or female breast with any part of any other person’s body either before or after any live entertainment by such performer or adult cabaret dancer.†Gammoh v. City of La Habra, 395 F.3d 1114 (9th Cir. 2005)
* “No employee who regularly appears within view of patrons in a semi-nude condition in a sexually oriented business shall knowingly or intentionally touch a patron or the clothing of a patron in a sexually oriented business.†Sensations, Inc. v. City of Grand Rapids, 2006 WL 2504388 (W.D. Mich. 2006) (Order Denying Preliminary Injunction); R. 73, entered 10/23/2006 (Opinion Granting Motions to Dismiss)
* “[T]hat entertainers maintain a minimum distance of five feet from areas on the establishment’s premises being occupied by customers, for a minimum of one hour after the entertainer appears semi-nude on the establishment’s premises.†729, Inc. v. Kenton County, 2006 WL 2842884 (E.D. Ky. 2006)â€No dancer shall fondle or caress any patron and no patron shall fondle or caress any dancer.†Kev, Inc. v. Kitsap County, 793 F.2d 1053 (9th Cir. 1986). The law also prohibited direct-tipping, stating, “No patron shall directly pay or give any gratuity to any dancer [and] no dancer shall solicit any pay or gratuity from any patron.â€
* “It shall be a violation of this chapter for an employee who regularly appears in a state of semi-nudity in an adult entertainment establishment, to knowingly or intentionally touch a customer or the clothing of a customer while on the premises of the establishment.†Fantasyland, Inc. v. County of San Diego, 373 F. Supp. 2d 1094 (S.D. Cal. 2005)
2. Hours of Operation
Sexually oriented businesses would be required to remain closed between the hours of 12:00 midnight and 6:00 am, with the exception of those holding a liquor permit, which may remain open until the hour specified in their permit, but may not offer nude entertainment between the hours of 12:00 midnight and 6:00 am. Violation of this provision is a first-degree misdemeanor.
Federal Courts have consistently found that “access to adult establishments was not unduly restricted†by legislation that required adult businesses to close at midnight – see Richland Bookmart I, 137 F.3d at 441 – upholding the closing law because adult businesses could still be open many hours during the week, thereby passing First Amendment muster. Other cases upholding such regulations include:
* Déjà Vu of Cincinnati, LLC v. Union Twp. Bd. of Trustees, 411 F.3d 777 (6th Cir. 2005), cert. denied (2006), 546 U.S. 1089 – closed 12:00am to 12:00pm, no Sundays
* Richland Bookmart, Inc. v. Nichols, 278 F.3d 570 (6th Cir. 2002), petition for cert. filed, 71 U.S.L.W. 3001 (June 11, 2002)(No. 01-18) – closed 12:00am to 8:00am, no Sundays or legal holidays
* Mitchell v. Commission on Adult Entertainment Establishments, 10 F.3d 123 (3rd Cir. 1993) – closed 10:00pm to 10:00am, no Sundays or state holidays
* Ctr. For Fair Pub. Policy v. Maricopa County, 336 F.3d 1153, 1159 (9th Cir. 2003) – closed 1:00am to 8:00am, Mon-Sat, 1:00am to 12:00pm on Sundays
3. Local control maintained; Attorney General assistance provided
Beyond these statewide standards for SOBs, local governments have the right to enact their own zoning and licensing regulations that may be broader and/or more strict than the state law. SB 16 provides for direct assistance in drafting and defending local regulations. Further, if the law is challenged and found unconstitutional, the local government is indemnified for damages and the AG is held accountable.
Further case law supporting SOB regulation
Noteworthy cases include (copies available upon request):
* City of Erie v. Pap’s AM 529 US 277 (2000)
* City of Renton v. Playtime Theatres, Inc. 475 US 41 (1986)
* Barnes v. Glen Theatre, Inc. 501 US 560 (1991)
* Bamon Corp. v. City of Dayton 923 F.2d 470 (6th Cir. 1991)
Ohio is not alone
Several states already have various statewide regulations to regulate SOBs, including Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. Regulations worth noting exist in the following states:
* Delaware: Hours of operation limited to 10:00am–10:00pm, Mon-Sat, no Sundays or state holidays
* Arizona: Hours of operation limited to 8:00am–1:00am, Mon-Sat, 12:00noon-1:00am Sundays
* Tennessee: No full nudity allowed on premises, 6ft distance required between performers and patrons, employees must be licensed, no direct tipping or touching allowed.
* Other states: Nearly a dozen states have some type of zoning rules which require SOBs to be X feet from protected properties like homes, schools, etc., while numerous states prohibit the typical lapdance under “lewdness†laws. Indiana, Iowa, and Tennessee ban nudity, while Pennsylvania requires peep booths to be open to prevent anonymous sexual encounters inside or in between adjoining booths.
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14 years ago
CCV= "Citizens For Community Values", the main right wing group in OHIO or NO-OHIO responsible for pressuring Politicians into PASSING a STATEWIDE NO TOUCH LAW.... If you have the stomach for viewing their website it's http://www.ccv.org/
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14 years ago
@Prom0, Couldn't agree more... I would vote for any socially LIBERAL & economically moderate-conservative... Too bad neither party fully endorses this although there are some from each party that do... See you are from NO-OHIO, are they enforcing the STATEWIDE NO TOUCH LAW that was initiated by the far right wing Republican group CCV ??
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14 years ago
Tea Party GOP is certainly more "Libertarian" minded on social/morality issues like our topic of discussion than is the Religious right GOP.... They are polar opposites on most social/moral issues... One for LESS REGULATION on social/moral issues, and the religious right GOP who typically are for MORE STRICT REGULATIONS of strip clubs, etc...
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14 years ago
A good example of a MODERATE REPUBLICAN is Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels who is vilified by the extremist Tea Party GOP for his endorsement of Richard Lugar because he isn't "CONSERVATIVE" enough according to their rigid litmus test, and also despised by the Religious Right GOP for his call for a "truce" on social issues.... Unfortunately politicians like Daniels & Lugar maybe dying breeds in either party. They get MY VOTES though...
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14 years ago
A good example of a MODERATE REPUBLICAN is Indiana Governor Mitch Damiels who is vilified by the extremist Tea Party GOP for his endorsement of Richard Lugar because he isn't "CONSERVATIVE" enough according to their rigid litmus test, and also despised by the Religious Right GOP for his call for a "truce" on social issues.... Unfortunately politicians like Daniels & Lugar maybe dying breeds in either party. They get MY VOTES though...
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14 years ago
The term "MODERATE REPUBLICAN" is a paradox when you have the FAR RIGHT WING RELIGIOUS RIGHT GOP on one extreme (MATT BARTLE (R) MISSOURI, LANCE KINZER (R) KANSAS and the TEA PARTY LIBERTARIAN GOP on the other extreme. Fortunately, there are some "MODERATES" left in the GOP, but they are often vilified as RINO'S (REPUBLICAN IN NAME ONLY) if they don't meet the "PURITY LITMUS TESTS" from either the religious right or Tea Party GOP extremists who are attempting to eliminate the "MODERATES" from their party.... Many Tea Party & religious right candidates are running against the MODERATES of their own party... Democrats have similar ideological differences as the GOP does but not to the extremes that the GOP does and is more "tolerant" of diversity & ideological/morality differences within their party than the GOP is. Neither party is on record as being STRIP CLUB FRIENDLY... Democrats just more tolerant and less vicious to the Strip Club industry than the far right-wingers from the GOP is in many cases.
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14 years ago
@ SamPepys, The term "MODERATE REPUBLICAN" is a paradox when you have the FAR RIGHT WING RELIGIOUS RIGHT GOP on one extreme (MATT BARTLE (R) MISSOURI, LANCE KINZER (R) KANSAS and the TEA PARTY LIBERTARIAN GOP on the other extreme. Fortunately, there are some "MODERATES" left in the GOP, but they are often vilified as RINO'S (REPUBLICAN IN NAME ONLY) if they don't meet the "PURITY LITMUS TESTS" from either the religious right or Tea Party GOP extremists who are attempting to eliminate the "MODERATES" from the party.... Many Tea Party & religious right candidates are running against the MODERATES of their own party...
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14 years ago
Drive stalls in Kan. to restrict adult businesses
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/03/17/business-us-smut-shops-kansas_8362091.html
Associated Press, 03.17.11, 05:55 PM EDT
TOPEKA, Kan. -- A push in the Kansas Legislature to impose new restrictions on strip clubs and other sexually oriented businesses stalled Thursday because a Senate committee wants to leave the job to cities and counties.
The Federal and State Affairs Committee voted against advancing the proposed Community Defense Act to the full Senate for debate. The panel's voice vote didn't kill the bill, but it remains stuck, despite strong support for the measure in the House, which approved it last week.
The legislation would limit the hours and location of adult businesses, ban total nudity inside them and impose a "no touch" rule for employees and customers. But strip clubs and adult cabarets still would be allowed to serve alcohol, a key concession to club owners meant to ease its way to passage.
As the bill's title implies, supporters argue they're protecting communities from crime, blight and other problems linked to adult businesses, especially in clusters. But senators said cities and counties should impose regulations that work best for them, rather than having the state impose one set of rules.
"Local governments are capable of doing that," said Sen. Tim Owens, an Overland Park Republican who served on his hometown's city council for two decades. "Every different local area may be in a different situation. You have some very small communities where one of these places would impact them a lot differently than in a metropolitan area."
Supporters argue the bill is necessary because small communities often don't have the resources to fight adult businesses if their owners are willing to challenge restrictions or adverse zoning decisions in court. Backers have presented information from numerous studies linking adult businesses to problems, some dating back decades.
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Phillip Cosby, executive director of the Kansas City-area office of the National Coalition for the Protection of Children and Families, questioned whether the committee could adequately review those studies as it squeezed its hearing, discussion and a vote into little more than an hour.
"They waded through 40 years of evidence of negative effects and made a subjective call," said Cosby, also a retired Army master sergeant from Overland Park. "I can't imagine how they could have weighed that with intellectual honesty in such a short amount of time."
Cosby said he and other supporters will look for ways to get around the committee's resistance. Senate rules allow its members to pull a bill out of a committee over its objections, but such a move requires 24 of 40 votes, rather than a simple majority of 21. Supporters also could try to amend the bill's provisions into other legislation as well.
The bill's restrictions would apply not only to strip clubs, adult cabarets, book and video stores, shops that sell sex toys and adult arcades, but also to non-academic semi-nude modeling studios and "sexual encounter centers," defined as business that allow patrons of the opposite sex to wrestle or tumble together semi-nude.
The measure would require adult businesses to remain closed from midnight to 6 a.m. and prohibit new businesses within 1,000 feet of the property line of existing similar businesses or any school, library, day care center or house of worship. Semi-nude dancers at clubs would have to keep at least 6 feet away from their customers.
"The whole concept is to close them," said John Samples, the owner of two Topeka-area clubs. "They can talk whatever they want - but that's the reality."
Samples said if clubs go out of businesses, employees who are trying to provide for their families will be forced into seeking social services from the state. He also said his clubs are a safer environment for his workers than bars because of the security measures he uses.
Owens also questioned the studies on problems associated with such businesses, saying they're from other states. Committee Chairman Pete Brungardt, a Salina Republican, called the link "speculation, adding the legislation infringes on the personal liberties of business owners and people who want to patronize their clubs and stores.
"This group came down on the notion that local communities can fend for themselves in this area," Brungardt said.
Copyright 2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/03/17/business-us-smut-shops-kansas_8362091.html
Drive stalls in Kan. to restrict adult businesses
Associated Press, 03.17.11, 05:55 PM EDT
TOPEKA, Kan. -- A push in the Kansas Legislature to impose new restrictions on strip clubs and other sexually oriented businesses stalled Thursday because a Senate committee wants to leave the job to cities and counties.
The Federal and State Affairs Committee voted against advancing the proposed Community Defense Act to the full Senate for debate. The panel's voice vote didn't kill the bill, but it remains stuck, despite strong support for the measure in the House, which approved it last week.
The legislation would limit the hours and location of adult businesses, ban total nudity inside them and impose a "no touch" rule for employees and customers. But strip clubs and adult cabarets still would be allowed to serve alcohol, a key concession to club owners meant to ease its way to passage.
As the bill's title implies, supporters argue they're protecting communities from crime, blight and other problems linked to adult businesses, especially in clusters. But senators said cities and counties should impose regulations that work best for them, rather than having the state impose one set of rules.
"Local governments are capable of doing that," said Sen. Tim Owens, an Overland Park Republican who served on his hometown's city council for two decades. "Every different local area may be in a different situation. You have some very small communities where one of these places would impact them a lot differently than in a metropolitan area."
Supporters argue the bill is necessary because small communities often don't have the resources to fight adult businesses if their owners are willing to challenge restrictions or adverse zoning decisions in court. Backers have presented information from numerous studies linking adult businesses to problems, some dating back decades.
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Phillip Cosby, executive director of the Kansas City-area office of the National Coalition for the Protection of Children and Families, questioned whether the committee could adequately review those studies as it squeezed its hearing, discussion and a vote into little more than an hour.
"They waded through 40 years of evidence of negative effects and made a subjective call," said Cosby, also a retired Army master sergeant from Overland Park. "I can't imagine how they could have weighed that with intellectual honesty in such a short amount of time."
Cosby said he and other supporters will look for ways to get around the committee's resistance. Senate rules allow its members to pull a bill out of a committee over its objections, but such a move requires 24 of 40 votes, rather than a simple majority of 21. Supporters also could try to amend the bill's provisions into other legislation as well.
The bill's restrictions would apply not only to strip clubs, adult cabarets, book and video stores, shops that sell sex toys and adult arcades, but also to non-academic semi-nude modeling studios and "sexual encounter centers," defined as business that allow patrons of the opposite sex to wrestle or tumble together semi-nude.
The measure would require adult businesses to remain closed from midnight to 6 a.m. and prohibit new businesses within 1,000 feet of the property line of existing similar businesses or any school, library, day care center or house of worship. Semi-nude dancers at clubs would have to keep at least 6 feet away from their customers.
"The whole concept is to close them," said John Samples, the owner of two Topeka-area clubs. "They can talk whatever they want - but that's the reality."
Samples said if clubs go out of businesses, employees who are trying to provide for their families will be forced into seeking social services from the state. He also said his clubs are a safer environment for his workers than bars because of the security measures he uses.
Owens also questioned the studies on problems associated with such businesses, saying they're from other states. Committee Chairman Pete Brungardt, a Salina Republican, called the link "speculation, adding the legislation infringes on the personal liberties of business owners and people who want to patronize their clubs and stores.
"This group came down on the notion that local communities can fend for themselves in this area," Brungardt said.
Copyright 2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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Matt Bartle to strippers: Put your shirt on!
​Puritanical Missouri state Sen. Matt Bartle finally struck his death blow against the state's nudie bars yesterday.
After Bartle, a Lee's Summit Republican, threw a tantrum earlier this week in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch ("I've grown really frustrated with an overwhelming Republican Legislature that tells people we support family values and that we're social conservatives. And we can't get a regulation of the porn industry through the Legislature"), lawmakers rose up against lap dances.
Hey, there are elections coming up! May I suggest a "Tough on Titties" campaign slogan?
Bartle's bill, S.B. 586, passed the Senate 27-4 and the House 118-28 on Thursday. Now it goes to Gov. Jay Nixon, who will probably sign it to prove he's, you know, hard. Hard on porn.
If Nixon signs, the law will :
outlaw full nudity in strip clubs.
require a 6-foot buffer between strippers and customers. Touching won't be allowed. No word if nuns will patrol clubs to make sure everyone's leaving room for Jesus.
shut down adult entertainment businesses between midnight and 6 a.m.
outlaw liquor sales at strip clubs as well as drinking on the premises. So no BYOB clubs.
create a 1,000-foot buffer zone between adult businesses and schools, churches, day cares, libraries, parks, homes and other adult businesses.
"Most human beings understand that if you mix alcohol and women dancing in the nude, that's a tough combo," Bartle told The Kansas City Star. "Bad things happen."
Only if you've been shamed into thinking boners are bad. Hey, another slogan!
Bartle may have a point though. Just look at the debauchery.
Don't expect the clubs to take this lying down. A lawsuit is coming.
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Abe 10 months ago
It is unbelievable that in 2010 we are still worried about CONSENTING ADULTS paying a few dollars to have another CONSENTING ADULT stick her tits in his face.
Ben 10 months ago
DON'T LEGISLATE MORALITY!!!!!!!!!!
CAI 10 months ago
Why does he f'ing care?!?!
R Nixon 10 months ago
Go Matt! As a Republican conservative im glad you have finally laid down the law on the adult industry. This country is swimming in the filth of pornography and self distruction at an alarming rate. Im a fraternity man my self and glad to see you upholding the fine standards of the Beta fraternity.
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14 years ago
Would agree its BOTH the FAR RIGHT & LEFT that are the main enemies. From my observations and studies the FAR RIGHT is slightly more vicious than the left.... Seems like the "CENTRIST" politicians of either party are dying breeds unfortunately...
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http://blogs.pitch.com/plog/2011/03/kansass_arizona-style_immigration_law.php
KANSAS UPDATE
Lance Kinzer -- the Olathe REPUBLICAN....IMAGINE THAT A RIGHT WING REPUBLICAN. MATT BARTLE-(R) WAS THE MAIN PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR MISSOURI'S STATE WIDE LAW...
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Lance Kinzer -- the Olathe REPUBLICAN....IMAGINE THAT. MATT BARTLE-(R) WAS THE MAIN PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR MISSOURI'S STATE WIDE LAW...
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14 years ago
MasterGuy, you are mostly correct.... but ILLINOIS- blue state has some of the country's most "liberal" strip clubs in the country (E. St. Louis area) (Washington Park), but not the entire state as it's lame in Chicago. UTAH-red POLYGAMIST...lol... is probably the lamest state in our country with the most restrictive anti-strip club laws, MISSOURI & OHIO are close behind.