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  • Blogs

    May 21, 2012

    Illinois Strip Club Owners Will Not Challenge Amended "Pole Tax"

    The Illinois Club Owners Association will not mount a constitutional challenge to the amended "pole tax" bill should it become law, according to Michael Ocello, president of VCG Holdings (which owns Roxy's, PT's and Penthouse in Metro East).The adult industry has been lobbying hard against the bill ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2012

    Amended Illinois Strip Club Tax Passed by Senate Committee

    It's not a law yet, but the Illinois Senate Public Health Committee unanimously passed an amended version of Sen. Toi Hutchinson's (D-Chicago Heights) "skin tax" bill. Rather than the originally proposed $5 per patron charge (with the money collected going to fund rape crisis centers) Illinois strip ... More >>

  • Music

    March 22, 2012

    Chuck Prophet

    9 p.m. Thursday, March 22. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

  • Blogs

    March 20, 2012

    Possible Alternative to Illinois "Skin Tax": Annual License Fee for Strip Clubs

    ​Instead of trying to tax strip clubs $5 per patron in order to fund aid to sexual assault victims, Illinois state senator Toi Hutchinson may instead propose raising the funds by levying an annual licensing fee against the clubs. This update comes from Micheal Ocello, president of the VCG Holdings ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2012

    Toi Hutchinson, Illinois State Senator, on Strip Club Tax: "We May Have a Compromise"

    ​Toi Hutchinson, the Illinois state senator who introduced the "strip club tax" bill to fund aid to sexual assault victims, has left Daily RFT a voicemail saying that despite grumblings from opponents, the bill is still "in negotiations" and "we may have a compromise." As we reported Wednesday and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2012

    "Pole Tax" Poll: Should Strip Clubs be Taxed to Fund Aid to Victims of Sexual Assault?

    Image viaIs the "pole tax" right?​Illinois state senator Toi Hutchinson (not pictured on the right) is introducing a bill that would require strip clubs serving alcohol to charge patrons a five-dollar tax at the door. The revenue would then go toward funding programs that assist women who've been ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2011

    Missouri Supreme Court to Strip Club Owners: "Tough Titties!"

    Justices uphold Missouri's nudity ban for strip clubs.​The Missouri Supreme Court yesterday handed strip club owners yet another loss in their legal fight to overturn a sweeping law regulating "adult-oriented businesses." The law passed in 2010 prohibits exotic dancers from displaying their genita ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2011

    Girls Gone Wild Seeks to Block New Trial of Woman Exposed in Film

    Jane Doe "playing" to the GGW camera seconds before an acquaintance pulled down her top.​Mantra Films, the company behind the Girls Gone Wild series of DVDs, has filed a motion with the Missouri Court of Appeals in an effort to block a new trial for a St. Charles woman who appeared in one of its f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 27, 2011

    Washington Park Plans to Turn Library Into -- What Else? -- a Strip Joint

    'Cause librarians are sexy, dammit!​Washington Park is home to 5,000 people and eight strip clubs. Make that nine if officials in the impoverished metro East St. Louis community pass a plan to turn the town's former library into a topless bar.The property in question is owned by Willie "Big Mack" ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2011

    Stripper Kicks Man in Mouth, Prompting Lawsuit

    Don't lean too close.​Many patrons of strip clubs appreciate the long, svelte limbs of the performers onstage. But for one disgruntled ogler on the Illside, there's such a thing as too much leg. Especially when that leg is connected to a platform shoe. A man named Andrew Deluca has filed a l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2010

    Missouri Strip Clubs Lose Decision, May Take Case to State Supreme Court

    Show some modesty, Lady Justice.​A Cole County judge last week denied a request for summary judgment in a lawsuit challenging a new Missouri law banning nudity at adult clubs and bookstores. Days before the sweeping new law went into effect in August, a group of strip club owners sued the arguing ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2010

    Anti-Strip Club Law Upheld

    Sorry, Amethyst.​It's curtains for Missouri strip clubs tomorrow night. In Cole County this afternoon, Circuit Judge Jon Beetem declined to grant a temporary restraining order against a new law that seriously curtails strip clubs and other sexually oriented businesses in Missouri. The law, passed ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2010

    Lawsuit in Works Over Bill to Outlaw Nudity at Missouri Nudy Clubs

    ​One hundred thousand dollars. That's all the supporters of state Sen. Matt Bartle's bill S.B. 586 say the legislation will cost Missouri and local municipalities in lost tax revenue each year. That's $100,000 for a bill that could force the closure of an estimated 60 percent Missouri's 130 adult- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2010

    NCAA Tourney to Boost Local Economy; Strip Clubs, Too

    vintagecotton.comWeekend weather forecast calls for rain. And that's a good thing!​St. Louis is abuzz with March Madness as the NCAA Tournament's Midwest Regional gets underway tonight at the Edward Jones Dome. First up, the sixth-seeded Tennessee Volunteers take on second-seeded Ohio State at 6:0 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 12, 2010

    Bill to Outlaw Nudity in Missouri Strip Clubs Passes Senate

    Puritanism is swinging into high gear.​Pasties salesmen: This could be your year. A bill that would prohibit nudity at Missouri strip clubs passed the Senate yesterday by a margin of 29-2. The legislation, sponsored by Senator Matt Bartle (R-Kansas City), includes additional restrictions that wou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2009

    Monday, March 23, Morning's Newz

    The Post-Dispatch reports that one of two survivors in that grisly car crash Saturday in Des Peres is being told that he's in the hospital because he fell down a flight of stairs. The man's family and friends fear that the reality of the situation -- that his fiance and three friends perished in the ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 27, 2008

    Murphy Is Law

    The Post-Dispatch reports that one of two survivors in that grisly car crash Saturday in Des Peres is being told that he's in the hospital because he fell down a flight of stairs. The man's family and friends fear that the reality of the situation -- that his fiance and three friends perished in the ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 6, 2008

    Get Felt Up

    The Post-Dispatch reports that one of two survivors in that grisly car crash Saturday in Des Peres is being told that he's in the hospital because he fell down a flight of stairs. The man's family and friends fear that the reality of the situation -- that his fiance and three friends perished in the ... More >>

  • News

    March 23, 2005

    Choke the Chicken

    Adult businesses fear the "Smut Shop" bill will tax them into oblivion

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    September 29, 2004

    Best Adult Video Store

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    June 2, 2004

    Stripping Bush

    Nude dancers, pot smokers and hip-hoppers register to oust Dubya

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