Slog - Comments on Strip Clubs to Oppose Steinbrueck Legislation http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/strip_clubs_to_oppose_steinbrueck_legisl Strip club lobbyist Tim Killian says his clients will oppose new legislation sponsored by city council member Peter Steinbrueck that would limit strip clubs to areas 800 feet or more from schools, parks, day cares, and community centers. "There's nothing necessitating this move," Killian says. "They haven't laid out any rational reasons for taking this step." Killian notes that there have been no applications for new strip clubs since voters rejected the four-foot rule last year, despite the fact that strip clubs are now allowed in all areas of the city where performing-arts theaters are permitted. (A map of those... Copyright 2008 Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:54:40 -0800 Thu, 26 Apr 2007 11:20:30 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Gummy Johnson Looks like Peter Steinbrueck's campaign for mayor just blew a tire. Three more to go!

]]> Gummy Johnson http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/strip_clubs_to_oppose_steinbrueck_legisl#c702136 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/strip_clubs_to_oppose_steinbrueck_legisl#c702136 City Wed, 25 Apr 2007 17:04:00 -0800 Comment by Sean Pssst, Peter. If it's not broken, then don't fix it.

Also, does this mean any Christian asshole can shut down a club by opening a daycare center next door?

]]> Sean http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/strip_clubs_to_oppose_steinbrueck_legisl#c702138 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/strip_clubs_to_oppose_steinbrueck_legisl#c702138 City Wed, 25 Apr 2007 17:09:49 -0800 Comment by maxsolomon we should be just like Portland. but we're just like Cincinnati. no fun.

looking as strippers must be done stone cold sober, under flourescent lights, & filled with liberal guilt.

Peter, why do you give a fuck? can you point to any REAL harm that has been done by the proximity of a strip club to a daycare center?

]]> maxsolomon http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/strip_clubs_to_oppose_steinbrueck_legisl#c702153 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/strip_clubs_to_oppose_steinbrueck_legisl#c702153 City Wed, 25 Apr 2007 17:26:58 -0800 Comment by fixo Um, would it be cynical to guess that this move is intended to allow him to woo votes from both anti-regulationists ("I abhorred the Mayor's proposal!"), and bluenoses ("I kept these dens of iniquity away from our precious children!")?

]]> fixo http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/strip_clubs_to_oppose_steinbrueck_legisl#c702195 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/strip_clubs_to_oppose_steinbrueck_legisl#c702195 City Wed, 25 Apr 2007 17:56:54 -0800 Comment by wf someone's got to put a stop to all those kids sneaking out of daycare to get lap dances...

]]> wf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/strip_clubs_to_oppose_steinbrueck_legisl#c702208 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/strip_clubs_to_oppose_steinbrueck_legisl#c702208 City Wed, 25 Apr 2007 18:17:25 -0800 Comment by Normal guy While we're at it, let's get buddy booths and locking doors on the booths in porn arcades. And stop worry about the one per person booth rule. Lighten up, Seattle!

]]> Normal guy http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/strip_clubs_to_oppose_steinbrueck_legisl#c702263 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/strip_clubs_to_oppose_steinbrueck_legisl#c702263 City Wed, 25 Apr 2007 19:18:06 -0800 Comment by elswinger How about a law that would limit schools, parks, day cares, and community centers from opening 800 feet from strip clubs?

]]> elswinger http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/strip_clubs_to_oppose_steinbrueck_legisl#c702959 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/strip_clubs_to_oppose_steinbrueck_legisl#c702959 City Thu, 26 Apr 2007 11:20:30 -0800