Every Strip Club Deserves a Ball Park
A King County Superior Court judge today approved the siting of another new Roger Forbes Deja Vu chain strip club across from Safeco Field, the Times reports, upholding a city zoning permit that was challenged by the Mariners and the stadium commission. As SW reported in March, the Mariners considered their potential new Deja Vu neighbors a threat to their sport and their child customers, even though, unlike Safeco, no booze would be served at the nudie dance club and the skin game would be played behind closed doors. The case also put City Hall in an awkward legal position. After years of rejecting new strip clubs, the city was compelled to approve the Forbes club and then had to join in his battle against the Mariners to uphold city zoning statutes. With the city at Forbes' table and the state stadium commission at the M's table, the case pitted taxpayers against taxpayers, who picked up a good part of the legal tab.
4 comment(s)
Whores Galores! says:
"the skin game would be played behind closed doors" huh?
Posted On: Friday, Jun. 26 2009 @ 1:13PM
MMM says:
Nudie club indoors, ball stadium outdoors. Not complicated, WG.
And congrats Rog!
Posted On: Friday, Jun. 26 2009 @ 3:10PM
Bill G. Allen says:
I love this. Here's what Peter Buck, Forbes' attorney, told the P-I:
"If they [the Mariners] are sincerely interested in protecting the moral context of children, they should stop worrying about an indoor gentleman’s club and address the very public drunkenness that they encourage in front of children. The Mariners liquor license currently generates the largest number of DUI’s in the City of Seattle according to the Washington State Patrol..."
Posted On: Friday, Jun. 26 2009 @ 3:23PM
Bill G. Allen says:
Whoops, sorry, not the P-I, the PostGlobe.
http://seattlepostglobe.org/2009/06/26/strip-club-mariners-decision
Posted On: Friday, Jun. 26 2009 @ 3:25PM