To avoid a costly legal battle, the city of Bartlett will pay a dance studio owner $20,000. The city closed the studio for several days after claiming it violated zoning ordinances. The studio offers pole dancing classes as exercise and says there is nothing sexual about it. The owner says only women are allowed in and that being closed cost her money. The studio is now up and running.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
For one thing, why does ANY city have to tolerate a business with such obvious poor taste within its boundaries? If the people of Bartlett feel this “business” is inappropriate, why does the city have to pay this place anything? That is nothing more than teaching people how to “dance” erotically, and if Bartlett does not agree with this type of “business”, then the city should have the right to ask the business to leave, or close it altogether. Another ‘victory’ for the ACLD..Americans with no Clue, Life or Decency.
Barlett is lucky that 20,000 is all they had to pay. Bartlett City Officials should think before they act.
That’s what being OVER zealous will get you everytime
This comment is about Michael Hooks Jr getting a position with the second chances program. Im all about second chances but it seems to me that there is alot of favortism going on. Its not coincidence that the(very rude) young lady who use to work for the mayor is running the program. Now Mr. Hooks jr gets out of prison and is given a job, seemingly moved ahead of countless people who are registered with the second chances program. This is unfair! Not only did Mr. Hooks jr decide to break the law not out of need but greed so now he is given a position ahead of other well qualified individuals, all at the taxpayers expense, so is he really paying for his crimes or getting paid, what is this saying to the men and women who have paid their debt to society but are still unemployed and trying to make it? Thank you for your time.
I didn’t make statement #4. What’s the business, George? Is there someone else trying to steal my name? And, Memphis’ “coddling of strip clubs” may be an indication more of the people that frequent the establishments than the bulk of the citizenry themselves.
Yes, I DID mean to make statement number 1—all of it—because it is correct. Whoever you are(and I think it’s that idiot Fly), be real and post under your own name. This one’s taken. And, with all of the prosecutions of strip club owners and the closing of clubs under the “public nuisance” nonsense, I think Memphis has done a pretty good job in controlling these clubs. When certain people try to impose their idea of “decency” on the entire public, we have the 1920’s all over again. So no, Memphis is NOT “coddling” any strip clubs. That is a figament of your deranged and disturbed imagination.
The City of Bartlett is very lucky that that was all they had to pay, personally I think that all the forms of government whether city, state, or federal need to back off the peoples lives, does our constitution and bill of rights not imply that government is “FOR THE PEOPLE” and yet they presume to tell the people what we can do. Those who are slighted by the “appearance” of a thing, whether business, or personal, need to stop and take a look at themselves before judging others, I wonder just how many of the self-righteous people out there act, think or break the laws themselves and just never get caught.
Okay Wil…I am NOT necessarily disagreeing with you, but explain your position. Why is it “unfair”?
I recall an old saying about something that walks like a duck and quacks like a duck is a duck. If you dance like a stripper….you know where I am headed with that one.
Some of the comments seem to think “anything goes”. What do these people want? A community with stores that look like they belong in Amsterdam’s red light district? At least Amsterdam had the decency to restrict these businesses to the “red light” area. This business is across the street from soccer fields and a park. I do not blame Bartlett, and applaud Mayor McDonald for at least making a stance.