Some strip clubs will be changing owners.
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DETROIT -- The City Council on Friday authorized four strip clubs to transfer their topless entertainment permits to new buyers, signaling a change in the council's stance on adult entertainment. It's about time! Friday's four, 5-4 votes allowed Hot Tamales, Chocolate City, Crazy Horse and the Duchess Lounge to transfer their permits to new owners. If you wonder what changed their minds. The council approved a payout in June of $500,000 to the owners of downtown's Famous Door II -- now Bouzouki's II -- after the council denied the transfer in 2004. "They realize they are on shaky legal ground," said Brad Shafer, the Zoo Bar's attorney.Shafer's case is pending in U.S. District Court and, he says, it could cost millions. The new owners plan a Hustler strip club at the downtown location on Griswold. This is going to cost the tax payers more money to settle.