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10-15-08 15:58 #61
Posts: 43Any time that I have been to Valentino's is never looks open. Sometimes the light in the window is on, or a car is parked on the side of the building. But I have not been there is ages. I hope they did not close.
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10-15-08 15:47 #60
Posts: 134Originally Posted by Joefromct
Close, but as Bill Clinton used to say, "No Cigar!"
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10-15-08 15:45 #59
Posts: 134Originally Posted by Boondox
I've never seen it open.
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10-11-08 21:10 #58
Posts: 49Originally Posted by Greg9876
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10-11-08 00:52 #57
Posts: 54Clues . . .
Originally Posted by Joe Zog
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10-10-08 22:09 #56
Posts: 126Is it Valentino's
Originally Posted by Joe Zog
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10-10-08 18:22 #55
Posts: 510Doubt it
Gin Dees is a dive, but I never saw of or heard of any action in there. Perhaps some TO, but there isn't anywhere in there to really get down to business. Iu don't think he was talking about Gin Dees.
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10-10-08 07:30 #54
Posts: 163In New Haven/West Haven?
Originally Posted by Joe Zog
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10-09-08 19:36 #53
Posts: 10Cindy
Originally Posted by Quester
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10-09-08 17:00 #52
Posts: 134Originally Posted by Random Dude
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10-09-08 08:07 #51
Posts: 7Originally Posted by John Bear
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10-01-08 15:09 #50
Posts: 354Old is new...
Stopped into Kahoot's in EH recently and saw an old "acquaintance", Jaime.
Now realize there are 3 Jaime's there now, one waitress ex-dancer and two dancers. I am referring to the brunette, fake rack, nice nipples, glasses and tattoo over left shoulder blade. Back in the day she wore man's shirt with glasses for the ""slutty secretary" look. I waited but could not get close enough for a dance or conversation and she missed her stage set.
Anyone know her or know if she is up to her old ways? Feeling MORE than nostalgic now!
TN
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08-29-08 18:20 #49
Posts: 249Town officials enacted the ordinance to limit "secondary effects" of such businesses, and not to limit access to such businesses. Those secondary effects can include crimes against people and property, prostitution, public indecency, drug use and trafficking, the spreading of diseases and sexual assault, officials said.
Seriously, public indecency?!? When was the last time you saw a stripper naked outside a strip club?
The existing businesses in town have been the scenes of crimes, including shootings, kidnappings and murders.
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08-29-08 01:59 #48
Posts: 510Won't fly
That ordinance won't pass constitutional muster. It prohibits anyone with a felony offense within three years to work at a strip club and the ability to work is a fundamental interest. Unless there is a term of probation that precludes a stripper or bouncer from working at a stripclub, such a restriction won't work.
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08-28-08 19:44 #47
Posts: 1264No more tipping dollar bills to your favorite Kahoots dancer
At least in East Hartford anyway. They need to walk around with a cup, like a blind man.
East Hartford Council Adopts Adult Business Restrictions
By DAVID OWENS | Courant Staff Writer
August 28, 2008
EAST HARTFORD - — The days of passing folded dollar bills to strippers in local clubs may soon end under an ordinance adopted by the town council Tuesday.
Council members say the rule is designed to regulate adult-oriented businesses closely while simultaneously respecting those businesses' constitutional right to exist. But a lawyer for a developer who wants to open an adult business here says it goes too far.
The council's unanimous decision on Tuesday followed a lengthy review of similar ordinances elsewhere. That information was vetted by the town's attorney to ensure what the council adopted complies with existing law.
The result, council Chairman Richard F. Kehoe said, is an ordinance that could force some existing businesses to close. "I just can't see them complying with the ordinance," Kehoe said.
Regarding those who want to open businesses in town, Councilman Marc I. Weinberg said: "It's our house, our rules."
Two adult-oriented businesses now operate in East Hartford — Kahoots men's club at 639 Main St. and the Venus Lounge at 1268 Main St. Two more adult-oriented businesses want to open in town. The ordinance, which is expected to go into effect in mid-September, would apply immediately to any new business. Existing businesses would have until Jan. 1 to comply with its requirements.
The ordinance requires, among other things, that businesses obtain licenses, and lists a host of rules that must be met to keep that license. The names and addresses of anyone with at least a 10 percent ownership interest in the business, including people who seek anonymity by creating a limited liability company, must be provided to town officials. The ordinance also requires that managers and employees undergo criminal background checks, the business be open to random inspections by town officials, that managers and employees not perform or allow any illegal activity, the interior of adult-oriented businesses be open and visible and that no section be obscured, that no employee have a serious criminal conviction within three years, that the business maintain 24-hour video monitoring of all areas in the business and that recordings be maintained for at least 90 days and that the tapes be made available to town officials, that managers be licensed, and that patrons cannot tip performers. Any tips must be placed in a container, the ordinance reads.
"I think this is clearly the strongest ordinance in the state of Connecticut," Kehoe said. "I really think it will do the job. If those businesses come to East Hartford, they'll have to meet high standards." The ordinance is not only tough, Kehoe added, but is "highly defensible."
Town officials enacted the ordinance to limit "secondary effects" of such businesses, and not to limit access to such businesses. Those secondary effects can include crimes against people and property, prostitution, public indecency, drug use and trafficking, the spreading of diseases and sexual assault, officials said.
The existing businesses in town have been the scenes of crimes, including shootings, kidnappings and murders.
Kim Coleman, a lawyer representing the Masters Club LLC, said the ordinance will likely be challenged. Masters Club wants to open an adult-oriented business in the old Elks Club lodge at 148 Roberts St.
"They are going to create litigation for East Hartford for years to come," Coleman said. "I guess the lawyers will get rich."
Some of the ordinance's requirements are "ridiculous," Coleman said. Such as one that says anyone working as a masseuse cannot wear tight clothing or a skirt with a hemline more than 3 inches above the top of the knee.
"I've never seen an ordinance that doesn't allow a masseuse to wear a skirt that's 3 inches above her knee," Coleman said. "I went to Catholic school. The nuns used to check that. Are they going to hire nuns to check the hemlines?"
"I don't know how they're going to survive a challenge," Coleman said.