Los Angeles Bans Lap Dancing in Strip Clubs

[matcom]

x(

<snip>

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - You can look, but you can't touch or even get close any more.



That's the order that went out to patrons of strip clubs on Tuesday when Los Angeles City Council passed a measure requiring dancers to stay at least 6 feet away from customers, thus ending lap dancing in the city.


The ordinance, passed unanimously despite stiff opposition from strippers and adult club owners who fear for their livelihood, banned lap dancing and any other kind of bodily contact between dancers and customers in strip clubs, bikini bars and adult bookstores.


The ban follows rising complaints by people living near adult cabaret clubs about prostitution, drug use, excessive noise and streets littered with condoms.


But club owners and dancers, who make most of their income from cash tucked into their G-strings, have said the ban will kill the thriving business which employs thousands of people.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&ncid=573&e=2&u=/nm/20030917/od_nm/life_lapdancing_dc

[Nevernose]

1. Monsters

Inhuman monsters. BURN IN HELL, LA CITY COUNCIL!!!

[arwalden]

2. Tip Jars? Throwing Quarters? --- Not quite the same...

... this sucks!

I hope this never happens in DC. The go-go boys at Zigfields are fun to watch.

[meegbear]

5. And Montreal ....

rrrRRRRRRrrr

[Le Taz Hot]

3. There are usually ways to get around this.

The most common is to reorganize so that it is a private club. Charge a "membership fee" which can take many forms. Example: The $5.00 cover charge is now your "membership fee" or "dues." The MOST important thing to do BEFORE you reorganize is to contact an attorney to make sure you follow all the laws regarding private clubs.

[wakfs]

4. Jeez!!!!

Is EVERYONE in California taking Stupid pills?

[WoodrowFan]

6. despite stiff opposition ??

THAT had to be a reporter's joke, not the story, that one phrase.

[underpants]

7. Tonight................on a very special Blossom

The family faces a financial crunch as one of their main revenue sources dries up due to new city ordinance. Blossom's contribution is no longer available.

Much soulsearching and discussions of financial responsibility ensue.

[Kolesar]

8. SCOTUS ruled about 2 yrs ago that towns can ban strip clubs

There was an "establishment" in Erie, Pennsylvania that was put out of business by this.

[realFedUp]

9. but I can't dance standing up.....

:-)

[ronnykmarshall]

10. Plain stupid

Instead of going after the dancers, crack down on the jerks that are causing the problems.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

11. More proof (as if any more were needed) that LA is a

second class city, and once the water dries up, it will go back to where it belongs... about 150,000 or so... and then the government will match it's size.

[Don_G]

12. Somehow

A donut shop just isn't the same.

[LastDemInIdaho]

13. So take them home

and lap it up.