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Phil Burress: get some testifiers, would you please?


Okay, Phil – tell us when the anecdotes about how the new restrictions on adult entertainment saved people from…whatever you think they are going to be saved from start to flood our inbox. Because, so far, not a single media or blog item has been published that details someone having been lost in the den of inequity and now saved because of SB 16.

Yet, given the gravity of what you believed to be a problem in Ohio (a lot of addicts and a lot of dancers who were trapped) there must be at least a few by now, yes? Stories of how because someone who wanted to go to an adult entertainment facility is now…doing what exactly?  And someone who wanted to leave one is now able to because…well, because you’ve made it illegal for her to choose otherwise?

Please tell us about all the transformations.

To this end, I’ve emailed the Citizens for Community Values the following letter:

Dear Mr. Burress,

No – this is not a joke email.  And it’s not one being asked out of sarcasm.

I am a freelance writer and blogger.  I did not support SB16 – I supported the laws that the Ohio legislature passed and enacted in August 2006 – I believe that the local authorities should have been left to determine and enforce the community norms within their areas, rather than the state.

However – since SB16 is now the law, and my understanding is that you pursued the law because you wanted to see porn addicts turn their lives around as well as deprive women of a choice that you believe could lead to no good for them, I would very much like to hear and/or read about the cases that are proving that this law was necessary and is working.

Again – I am not being sarcastic. I would assume that it would be your greatest victory to be able to provide such stories.

Now – if the local authorities had been allowed to act on the prior law, well, we’ll never know for sure how successful they might have been in likewise curtailing behavior which many people – myself included – believe is problematic.  But, instead, can you do that? Can you direct me, the media or anyone else who can publish some details with real people who have real successes because of SB16?

Otherwise, all we are reading are stories in the Dispatch and other forums about how scared dancers are and how broke businessmen and women are about to become because of SB16.

Show us the light – again, not in sarcasm, but for real.

Thank you.

I will let you know what I learn.

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 2:28 pm October 22nd, 2007 in Ohio, Politics, Statehouse, Women 

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2 Responses to “Phil Burress: get some testifiers, would you please?”

  1. 1 Scott Pullins on October 22nd, 2007 6:21 pm

    But Jill, don't you get it, the bill has saved you and me already.  I could be dancing on a pole right now and you could be throwing your hard earned money at me or vice versa or something.  Thank God we've both been saved from the life of depravity and addiction.

  2. 2 Jill Miller Zimon on October 22nd, 2007 9:06 pm

    Scott – I am SO going to ignore that imagery. :)

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