Pics and short video of Stripper Truck
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Stripper-mobile will roll again, owner says
The “stripper-mobile”, now relegated to a parking lot curiosity, sits near Deja Vu and the Erotic Heritage Museum Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009.
By Joe Schoenmann
Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009 | 2 a.m.
* County seeking opinion on legality of ‘stripper-mobile’ (11-17-2009)
* Clubs want to be ‘good citizen,’ so stripper-mobile ends its run (11-14-2009)
* ‘Stripper-mobile’ with live dancers raises safety, decency concerns (11-11-2009)
The world has not seen the last of the Las Vegas stripper-mobile, the truck’s owner says.
Fred Robertson, owner of Always Rolling Ads, only quit hauling exotic dancers up and down the Strip last week because the nude clubs that had leased the advertising vehicle decided they didn’t want to take on county commissioners. The commissioners had cited not just complaints from offended onlookers but concerns about safety — the dancers were “unsecured” in the back of the truck, and rubbernecking motorists might drive their cars into pedestrians or other vehicles.
Attorney Jay Brown, representing the clubs, one located in Las Vegas and the other in Clark County, said they decided to have the truck parked for the remainder of its lease because they wanted to be “good citizens.”
But Robertson has his own priorities. “It’s about the right to advertise, to try to help your business,” he said.
Despite its short run on the Strip, his advertising vehicle reportedly doubled the business at Déjà Vu and Little Darlings. With bikini-clad, high-heeled women dancing, wriggling and spinning around a stripper pole affixed to the truck’s Plexiglas-enclosed truck bed, the stripper-mobile also drew international media attention and made it into a Jay Leno monologue.
At least one other business took notice and is in final negotiations to begin using Robertson’s truck. He expects it will roll again in about two weeks.
A source close to the matter told the Sun that the potential client is another strip club. Robertson would neither confirm nor deny that.
“Will content make a difference? I don’t know,” Robertson said.
Steve Sisolak, the commissioner who began looking into the issue after receiving an e-mail from a “disgusted” constituent, said “content makes no difference.”
“It’s about live entertainment,” he said.
In fact, he directed county staff to prepare an amendment to the county code to add the words “live entertainment” to restrictions that “no vehicle shall display or exhibit any signage that contains moving or flashing lights or animation of any kind.”
The rationale for the existing code is safety, Commissioner Chris Giunchigliani said.
But the word “entertainment” is a big problem, said legal onlookers familiar with First Amendment matters.
Las Vegas attorney Dominic Gentile sat through much of Tuesday’s County Commission meeting. Gentile has been the pointman on high-profile First Amendment cases defending the operating rights of those who own adult-oriented newsracks.
On Wednesday, Gentile said the county can “definitely create a law related to public safety that could affect the ability of people ... in a vehicle without seat belts or some sort of safety restraints.”
Creating a stripper-mobile with safety straps of some kind would be difficult, he acknowledged. But if that were possible, Gentile then doubted the county’s ability to restrict anything related to entertainment.
“Because entertainment by its nature is expressive, and protected,” he said. “As soon as they touch that word, it’ll go somewhere. It’ll be a law until someone goes to court to enjoin its enforcement.”
Mary Ann Miller, the county counsel, said some advertising is more distracting than others. “But I don’t think there’s a blanket defense for entertainment,” she said. “Just because it’s entertainment doesn’t mean you can’t regulate it.”
She added that a change in the code will have to be “crafted carefully.”
Allen Lichtenstein, another well-known civil rights attorney who has defended the rights of handbillers on the Strip, said he believes “this is really about content.”
“And in dealing with issues of content that some people don’t like, the county’s been down that road with handbillers,” Lichtenstein said. “If you take all the mobile billboards off the road, they’ll go back to handbilling. So be careful what you wish for.”
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Code now bans strippers on wheels.... :(
Code now bans strippers on wheels
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
A two-week spectacle in which strippers pole-danced in a rolling plastic box on the Strip prompted Clark County commissioners to tighten a code to prevent the stunt from being repeated.
Clark County Commissioner Steve Sisolak asked that the code covering mobile advertisements be amended to explicitly forbid live entertainers.
The code now bans signs that "contain moving or flashing lights or animation of any kind."
Bob Proden, operations director for Déjá Vu Las Vegas, said company officials scrapped the shows, which he called a great success, to avoid clashing with the county, which controls their clubs' liquor licenses.
"We didn't mean to offend anybody," Proden said.
*Bet they created more smiles than frowns!
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Clark County Commissioners, Please Read !!!!
[QUOTE=Cameltopian]Code now bans strippers on wheels
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
A two-week spectacle in which strippers pole-danced in a rolling plastic box on the Strip prompted Clark County commissioners to tighten a code to prevent the stunt from being repeated.
Clark County Commissioner Steve Sisolak asked that the code covering mobile advertisements be amended to explicitly forbid live entertainers.
The code now bans signs that "contain moving or flashing lights or animation of any kind."
Bob Proden, operations director for Déjá Vu Las Vegas, said company officials scrapped the shows, which he called a great success, to avoid clashing with the county, which controls their clubs' liquor licenses.
"We didn't mean to offend anybody," Proden said.
*Bet they created more smiles than frowns!
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This is ridiculous !!! They want to ban this type of advertising, but it's ok that you can't even get thru some of the intersections for all the little fockers handing out the hand bills. They try to hand them to everyone, even guys with their families in tow. The cards litter the street , near almost every intersection, and laying on the ground makes it easy for the kids to pick them up. I saw one kid around 6-7 pick one up before the mom noticed what was going on. " Look mommy , a naked girl !!" , that got her attention ! I would never bring a child to Vegas , but alot of people don't have a choice !! None of us want to have to fight our way up the sidewalk past all the guys handing out the adds !! Why don't the commisioners do something about them !!! They are in everybody's way !! The truck , staying only on the strip, isn't hurting anybody. The kids are so low to the ground ( where all the handbills end up ) they probably wouldn't even notice it go by .
If they want to do away with the truck, so be it . But for everybody's sake, PLEASE get the rude A-holes off the streets , handing out the adds !!! Nobody even uses them anyway , only a sucker would call one of those services ..
Daytrip to Cheetah's & OG
Sunday football at Cheetah's kinda sucked. I don't mind the place being slow, but the girls are just weak. This mousey shot girl wouldn't leave me alone. I just caved on the $10 lap dance to get her off my back, but I just should have dropped the money on the ground. Really. One other girl was prettier and nicer but the lap dance was weak.
Tues 1pm at OGs was better. Even fewer people, but the chicks were hot (8)for daytime girls. And the nasty factor at least got up to 6 or 7 for both girls I got dances from (which is actually good for Vegas).
