Good buy or waste of tax payer money?

[Busaman5000]

Though I don't have an issue with adult entertainment. Driving down interstate 85 you seen the signs for the place all over the road. It was some what of an eye sore. But it was out in the middle of no where. Personally, I think it was a waste of money. There are a lot of better things a million bucks could have been spent on.

http://www.cbs46.com/news/17052761/detail.html#-

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LAVONIA, Ga. -- The town of Lavonia shelled out nearly $1 million to buy and shut down Cafe Risque, a strip club along Interstate 85.

"We bought it to get rid of it, bottom line," city manager Gary Fesperman told CBS 46 Thursday afternoon.

After the purchase, which Fesperman said was finalized Tuesday morning, the city burned the interstate signs advertising the club, which was popular with truckers.

"What was such a blight was those billboards," said Fesperman. "Those billboards did more damage to the community than the club did."

Cafe Risque was opened in 2001 by Alachua, Fla., businessman Jerry Sullivan. The city went to court several times to close the club but was never successful. Festerman said the club survived because it was grandfathered in under the laws on the books at the time.

"If the ownership changed, the grandfather clause would go away, and that's what happened," Fesperman said.

Sullivan died in his sleep in 2006 at age 47, but the city was not able to buy the club until this year.

The city now has a ban on adult-oriented businesses.[/quote]

 

[Projekt]

Agreed... What are all the hot MILF's in that area gonna do for money now?

 

[Warputer]

Agreed... What are all the hot MILF's in that area gonna do for money now?

Stand on the street corner ?

 

[Revlis]

Just plain ole' silly... BUT I like the way the city went about it. Huge WASTE of Taxpayers dollars sure, but in the land of the free it's nice to see a City do something other than attempt some socialist BS wrapped up in a blanket of false Christian Piety, nope they just paid cash money and closed the place.

When in actuality they just needed to pass a law restricting the signage, and start taxing and enjoying the revenue stream generated by boobies... So silly thing to do, but it's the south so... Yeah.

I just don't know where all those young single Mom's are going to be working now...

 

[Busaman5000]

Wait wheres that photo of the stripper pole in the garage I posted earlier! I'll buy one and put an ad in the paper! lol

 

[Over_Easy]

Still have the Cafe' Risque' here off I-75 near Ocala, FL. Never been there but you can't miss the billboards.

 

[Big Wall]

More lost jobs....

 

[Revlis]

Still have the Cafe' Risque' here off I-75 near Ocala, FL. Never been there but you can't miss the billboards.

I remember the signs...

But I always waited for the Erotic Cafe at the Macon GA exit... Damn good burgers, served by a Hottie in a see through teddy??? I was so in...

 

[Vic_E55_2001]

Idiots.

 

[pbghost]

I wonder if they had a going out of business sale with discounted lapdances

 

[heavybusa]

More strippers will travel to other states.

 

[Wag]

For all the self-righteous crying from religious hall monitors, it's amazing that such a club could do well and make money for so long. The fact is, the hypocrites are the ones who always made the strip clubs work.

I get this e-mail once in a while that claims 87% of America is Christian. While I'm sure that many Christians will play by their rules and live their religion, you have to know that the **** industry is being supported by the majority of Christians. Or rather, hypocrites.

--Wag--

 

[BlueHaya]

so if the guy died in 2006...and surely someone else owned the place now...why didn't the grandfather clause drop off?


Man....1 millions 1 dollar bills

 

[Over_Easy]

Still have the Cafe' Risque' here off I-75 near Ocala, FL.  Never been there but you can't miss the billboards.

I remember the signs...

But I always waited for the Erotic Cafe at the Macon GA exit...  Damn good burgers, served by a Hottie in a see through teddy???  I was so in...

Yeah, I forgot Keith, you spent some time down here in this neck of the woods.

 

[05 Busa LE]

When in actuality they just needed to pass a law restricting the signage

Oops ... forgot about that First Amendment thing .... The government can't restrict speech based upon content.

 

[05 Busa LE]

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I get this e-mail once in a while that claims 87% of America is Christian.  While I'm sure that many Christians will play by their rules and live their religion, you have to know that the **** industry is being supported by the majority of Christians.  Or rather, hypocrites.

Actually, religion has nothing to do with it.  It's simply that people are not perfect.

 

[JBradley0181]

Im sure it went to the family so it was never sold must of sat in a estate for the family members..A few stripers i know in south florida tell me the clubs are hurting..No matter what sex,drugs & booze always will sell..as far as the town buying it the land must be worth it to get a loan for the apraised value unless they payed in cash or put a large amount down so maybe they will build something nice their like a motorcycle shop lol

 

[06BUSA]

Probably save the town funds in the long run. Politicans seem to frequent & spend town funds in clubs like that.