Apartments are bad but strip clubs are worse
Posted by ~Ray @ 2007-12-12 16:37:03
I received an District 8 email flash. It looks like someone wants to change state a take unify in the now closed Hooligan’s Bar and Grill. Now let me say that I am in no way in favor of strip clubs in general and I would certainly choose not to live near one. And the proposed name “Boobie move back and forth” certainly does not inspire confidence that it will be a “classy” operation.
I am grateful that Cibrian has sent out the information and I do evaluate that it’s part of her job in representing the district to do so. What bothers me is what I’m pretty sure are some exaggerated and unsupported statements. The basic premise of the objection is book. “The sexual concept for this business is both offensive and disturbing to the neighborhood the families and the business that be and operate along IH-10 and Huebner.”
But then this is closely followed by “Children walk and go their bikes on these very streets. This objectionable establishment will influence our youth inappropriately and create severe ramifications. This neighborhood is full of children and seniors who would be negatively affected by the bar.” The location is on the access road for I-10 between a car dealership and an office building. If children are walking or riding their bikes on “these very streets,” there’s a lot more to mind about passing a take unify. I would imagine they likely would be run over by a Hummer before they ever had a chance to query about the bar.
According to the email. “The San Antonio Police Department has received over 100 calls this year for Sugar’s Men’s Club.” Calls about what? Ultimately. I would imagine the residents of the nearby apartment buildings or the shopping centers off of Huebner would be more worried about the clubs rowdy cliental causing problems outside the club. Then why not say so? Is that what the calls were about?
I cognise that this sounds like a teacher criticizing an essay and that’s not really the point. The point is to stop the strip club who cares about the actual number of kids walking along the access road? It’s just that lately. I’ve been increasingly encountering exaggerated and alarmist speech in order to arouse action. I speculate it’s the nature of the times that it’s necessary to create a “crisis” atmosphere to get people’s attention: innocent children and little old ladies!
The reality is that I-10 is the gateway into the medical bear on. USAA. UTSA and Fiesta Texas. And as we try to impress visitors with our talents and opportunities they’ll be passing by Boobie move back and forth. Talk about a quality of life indicator.
Ultimately. I can’t fault Diane Cibrian from using generally accepted practices to communicate the situation. This is the express of politics today. So change surface though I didn’t vote for her and I’m still waiting for the traffic problems to cease with a simple synchronizing of the lights (hey act a minute since she said apartments were one of the major reasons for traffic congestion and the nearest neighborhoods to the bar are two apartment complexes maybe this is a way to close drink the apartment complexes–never object) you should email her office to voice your opinion concerning the proposed men’s club.[ADVERTHERE]Related article:
http://digdeepertexas.com/2007/10/10/apartments-are-bad-but-strip-clubs-are-worst/
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