Strip-club mogul remains an enigma

[derzauberberg]

Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Galardi moved to Las Vegas with a new wife and stepson and continued bar building. He got into strip clubs when he bought one that had been owned by a former nightclub partner of his in California. The club became available after the man's severed head turned up in the desert. Galardi learned "that if you had booze and you had naked women, you could get more business," says "Buffalo" Jim Barrier, a Las Vegas wrestling promoter and auto repair shop owner. His success swelled beyond the skin trade. He opened an upscale nightspot in the mid-'80s that lured the city's social and political elite. He soon became a Republican Party go-to guy. "He provided the hootch for every one of our events," says Annabelle Stanford, then state GOP events chairwoman.

Read more: http://www.ajc.com/business/content/business/stories/2008/02/23/galardi_0224.html#

[Thor_MN]

1. Sounds like one of those GOP style "Family Values" type of guys.

[drm604]

2. "Family values" indeed.

"He provided the hootch for every one of our events," says Annabelle Stanford, then state GOP events chairwoman.

Galardi also held fund-raisers at his mansion, which he bought from comedian Shecky Greene, razed and rebuilt. One gala was chaired by a woman who headed a pro-family organization, Stanford said. Former city councilman Steve Miller, who attended, said devout Christians sat beside elegantly dressed strippers.

[jdadd]

3. This is kind of like watching the Sopranos.....

Heres some info on one of Galardis associates....


http://www.americanmafia.com/Inside_Vegas/1-9-06_Inside_Vegas.html