Elliott's and the City Council

Hattie Hatchet voiced her usual crusade about the perceived sins of some of our fathers and some of their sons and daughters before the City Council Tuesday. That, along with a lot of TV posturing by some City Council Members was better than some of comedy available on private and public visuals.

I especially noted the statements by some councilpeople about saving the taxpayers the amazing sum of $250,000.00 by settling the lawsuit for $50,000 of taxpayer money on a lawsuit they COULD NOT WIN.

Statements were made by a couple of councilpeople how this money (250,000.00 could be used for law enforcement, sidewalks, infrastructure, etc). Tears came to my eyes when Eric Turner said the council could not "foist" this $250,000.00 plus lawsuit on the taxpayer when he strongly supported "foisting" $28,000,000.00, yes that's 28 million, on the property tax payers a few weeks ago. 28 million would have put 25 badly needed additional policemen on the streets for years, supported many a crime and drug prevention program, could have built and staffed a Vocational Training Center and built miles of sidewalks. Instead, the library board is now building a free Computer Center under the guise of a BADLY needed public library branch for the sprawling northwest and remodeling a couple of others that were so underused (and are very underused for their originally intended purpose) that there was consideration in 2000 and 2001 of closing the McClure and Downtown Libraries.

Back to the soul corrupting Elliott's. I suggest that those who buy into the unproven theory that clubs like Elliott's will bring down this nation and it's naughty boys and girls, might want to check the police blotter to see how many public safety calls have been made to Fantasyland, Big Al's and Club Cabare't and compare with just one tavern that has been in the violent news sector of the JS in recent years. How many times (and time) have the city police been called and time spent involving Fantasyland, Big Al's and Club Cabare't? I can guarantee you a lot less than they have spent time in picking up prostitutes and johns on the streets.

Check it out and prove me wrong. Also find a case of prostitution or solicitation by any strip club performer in a private club in Peoria where an arrest has been made.

As DeWayne said, I have never been afraid to speak the truth whether I was up for election or not. And while I may have less "fire in the belly" I suspect I will still be bringing the "rest of the story" to this site for a few more years.

It's the Hattie Hatchets and their ilk who believe that if we rid the world of all strip clubs that the sexual desires (ususally controlled or satisfied harmlessly or by mutually agreed satsifaction) of boys and girls, men and women, priests and preachers and teachers, housewives and businesspeople, farmers and politicians would all suppress these "unnatural sexual desires" and seek only the comforts, naked body viewing and wiles of a chosen companion.

Makes me curious about their sex lives????

I suggest they read more ancient history and do more questing why with all it's prohibitions and trillions of dollars spent why this nation has a spreading use of drugs that are far more devastating then strip clubs that sell alcohol.