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- Detroit City Council Passes on Strip Club Changes
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Nov 20, 2009Metro Desk
If Detroit’s strip club ordnance is going to change it won’t happen until next year at the earliest. That’s because a change in the ordinance failed to garner enough votes at the final scheduled council meeting of year. The issue is dead for now… but could be resurrected by the next council when it is seated in January.
Supporters and opponents came to the last meeting to voice their opinions. Supporters say Detroit’s adult entertainment establishments bring crime and drive down property values.
Opponents like Catherine Roy say the clubs can be positive. Roy says she has worked for almost 15 years in the strip club business. She says that’s allowed her to take care of her family’s needs and pay for her own schooling.
“I have been a licensed Cosmetologist as of August 14th and I have been actively and aggressively looking for work in my chosen profession with no luck… now student loan payments are having to be repaid. So, I’m sitting in front of you today and asking you please, not pass this ordnance which could cost me the only job that I have.”
Detroit’s adult entertainment industry employs about 7,000 people and pays $3 million in taxes to the city, annually.