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Or law enforcement officials. If clubs follow the new state law for adult entertainment, their former patrons and employees won’t be the only ones looking glum, as the Columbus Dispatch details today:
The impact of the law, which took effect Wednesday, was being felt in clubs across the state, club owners said.
By late afternoon yesterday, Angela Bates de Gongora was sitting in the nearly empty Hustler Club she manages in Cleveland and fretting about how bad business might be.
With the new law in effect, Hustler and other adult entertainment clubs made swift changes in their operations.
“We’re following all the new rules. The girls are wearing bikinis and they’re not having any contact with customers,” she said. “It’s had a huge impact on our business. … There are fewer customers and they’re not tipping or buying drinks for the girls.
“Just last night, I had several girls tell me they might quit. They’re not making any money. All my dancers are terrified,” she said. “They’re afraid to come to work.”
De Gongora said she had hoped that customers would come in after the Cleveland Indians-Boston Red Sox game to see their featured performer, Stormy Daniels, an adult-film star. Instead, the club probably would lose money last night.
So – how many stats do we expect to be the #1 worst in now, as we add to the unemployment rolls, closed buildings, people who can no longer afford to pay for education semester by semester, pay for child support – or health care. Anyone think Phil Burress will open his pockets to all these folks he’s trying to “save” from themselves?
Or something.
Seriously. If Burress didn’t have a problem giving money to politicians, and then funding the cause of passing SB 16, wouldn’t you expect that he would be willing – volunteering even – to cover the costs as the clubs and workers go under?
By Jill Miller Zimon at 4:14 pm October 19th, 2007 in Business, Government, Politics, Statehouse
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But just think Jill. It will soon be like living in paradise here in Ohio! Nudity makes god mad at us…
Well – let me say this about that: here’s the first Jewish Playmate in 50 years!!! Being interviewed by a rebbe no less. Oy her poor mutha! It’s a shanda.
I think the new law would have more bite if there were solid numbers showing additional crime after midnight at these clubs .. or that police are often involved in keeping the dancers and customers from touching one another.
As it stands, it screams of those who are home in the evenings and tucked into bed before the clock strikes 12 trying to push a moral agenda so they’ll sleep better at night.
That being said, how does regulating the sinner make them more likely to confess the sin?
Just thinking aloud .. good post Jill ..
Eric
Eric, that’s a good point re: if some evidence existed as to the need for a law, less than a year after the legislature passed a law giving local authorities to be more restrictive if they chose to be. This argument is similar to the voter ID law – from what I understand, cases of voter ID fraud are next to non-existent, so the rules put in place not only serve as an impediment to people who should be allowed to vote but didn’t need to be enacted in the first place.
As for your last question – you know, I’m not the best person to answer that! But I certainly agree with the point you make.
Thanks for reading and commenting.