countdown to empty lapped fluorescence
In a five-to-four decision today, the city council passed harsh new strip club regulations. [p-i] Barring a lawsuit or a change of position from the Mayor, the days of dimly lit scantily clad lap dancers are likely to be a thing of the past; so get them while you’re hot. Once the legislation is signed, the 180 day countdown to enactment begins.
For those who vote with their pockets it’s worth noting that three of the votes in favor of the stricter rules are up for re-election (Jan Drago, Richard McIver, and Richard Conlin, who joined Jim Compton, and David Della).
Seattle, for being so allegedly Liberal, has some of the strictest blue laws in the nation. we had the law to keep kids from dancing (only recently struck down after years of work), the law against strip clubs (again, just struck down), and now this. vote the bastards out.
This is, of course, only more evidence of the nanny culture (no dancing, no wireless on weekends, no touching strippers, no fliers on telephone poles, etc.) that is a part of Seattle’s personality.
I wonder if the Seattle Taliban realizes it is about to move sex out of a slightly sleazy albeit mostly safe environment onto the sleazier and mostly less-than-safe streets of the city. Maybe they are just trying to drive prices down. Anyway, an empty show of power that will do more harm than good.