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Kalamazoo Strippers Had to Get Dressed at Midnight
- Posted on January 1, 2011 at 12:59am by
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KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — A Kalamazoo club featuring totally nude dancers is being stripped of its right to bare all as part of a deal with the city.
The Kalamazoo Gazette reports Friday that performers at Deja Vu will be required as of midnight to keep their bottoms on. That’s when the agreement expires.
Kalamazoo passed an ordinance in 2004 banning full nudity in strip clubs. Deja Vu was grandfathered under the ordinance, but brokered the current deal with the city when it moved from Portage Street to Ravine Road.
Violating the ordinance carries a fine of up to $500 and up to 90 days in jail.
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Comments (89)
rfycom
Posted on January 1, 2011 at 11:22amOk so finally a subject I know a lot about. Yippy! I prefer my strippers keep their bottoms on. It leaves a little something for the imagination. PLUS, girls… some of you got a really a ugly &^&$^. Sometimes I got to turn off the lights to go down town. Yikes.
Report Post »starboard
Posted on January 1, 2011 at 3:25pmThis is funny, reminds me of a story told to me as a wee lad by an old timer I worked with many years ago. He told how his wife, to get in the mood, would light scented candles and put on some mood music, she had been asking him for the “big favor” for some time and so he thought he might take a candle under the covers to check it all out. In his frightened state he set his bed on fire. This will all ways be burned into my minds eye.
Report Post »ColoradoDad
Posted on January 1, 2011 at 11:13amThis councilwoman Mary is just mad because no one will look at her bare fat azz. That is just a ridicules statement saying that they are protecting families & kids. I don’t think too many “families” and/or kids just go wondering into the Deja Vu by mistake. This is a case of people sticking their nose in where it doesn’t belong (no pun intended).
Report Post »Mike777
Posted on January 1, 2011 at 10:56amAs a person that seeks the truth I will sacrifice myself and visit the Deja Vu in Lansing since i’m about 3 miles from there. And report on what might be going on there for the good of all.
HAPPY NEW YEAR ALL
Report Post »LearnFromTheGiants
Posted on January 1, 2011 at 10:49amWho does the local government think they’re protecting? Was there someone in there by accident? I’m sure the blue haired old ladies will sleep better at night knowing they have put a stop to the men folk looking at the female version of “better body parts.”
Report Post »SEANO747
Posted on January 1, 2011 at 10:08amI think the council womans husband was hanging out there to often. Love when they say its to protect the children and familys. They ban 4LOKO because of the children, now breast, whats next cancelling football game cause of snow. Oh wait that happened.
Report Post »Pat Alexander
Posted on January 1, 2011 at 9:51amWell – they won’t need to wipe the bar off as often…………
Report Post »loveoursoldiers
Posted on January 1, 2011 at 10:20amsome things are best left unsaid.. yucko
Report Post »SlimnRanger
Posted on January 1, 2011 at 9:05ami honestly don’t know how people can afford to go to places like that,but each to his own i reckon
Report Post »Ialmostforgot
Posted on January 1, 2011 at 9:00amThe food police has struck again. No more furburgers on the menu!
Report Post »Chuck Biscuits
Posted on January 1, 2011 at 1:55pmor hairpies….
Report Post »Chuck Biscuits
Posted on January 1, 2011 at 2:02pmor bearded clams….
Report Post »DMD
Posted on January 1, 2011 at 3:59pmAint GOT MILK
Report Post »hkyfan36
Posted on January 1, 2011 at 5:45pmTacos… Poached Beaver
Report Post »coldfear
Posted on January 1, 2011 at 8:52amdoes this effect congressional interns? or should Bill be worried?
Report Post »betterthantv
Posted on January 1, 2011 at 8:43amI don’t know why but these stories really piss me off. Luckily we don’t have to deal with that crap in Atlanta. Atlanta is one of the best cities in the U.S. for strip clubs. I don‘t go nearly as often as I used to but this is a perfect example of Big Brother getting involved in something it shouldn’t! You simply cannot and should not legislate morality. If I wanna stop by an all nude club on my way home from church to grab a burger I should have every right to do so!
Report Post »chips1
Posted on January 1, 2011 at 10:37pmI still go, I just can’t remember why. Age really sneaks up on you. So does marriage.
Report Post »starboard
Posted on January 1, 2011 at 8:28amMakes me wonder were the patrons had been sticking all those folded up dollar bills?
Report Post »freightliner1160
Posted on January 1, 2011 at 8:59amThumb tacks?
Report Post »RandomOrder
Posted on January 1, 2011 at 10:09amGarters…..
Report Post »Mannax
Posted on January 1, 2011 at 10:16amElastic garters.
Report Post »quarter horseman
Posted on January 1, 2011 at 8:04amThis is SW Michigan for ya control the liquor sales days and times, places you can’t smoke even in private business and public places, and now when you have to dress. Holy rolers are all over here and want control as much as the Libs. Out of control government is everywhere and on both sides R and D.
Report Post »Bobby P
Posted on January 1, 2011 at 7:53amIf they keep their bottoms on maybe the echo will stop in the place.
Report Post »j_man
Posted on January 1, 2011 at 8:09amLol
Report Post »j_man
Posted on January 1, 2011 at 8:11amWhy is your stuff so loose, stuff so loose.
Report Post »loveoursoldiers
Posted on January 1, 2011 at 10:23amI don’t get that.. hehehe.. should I?
Report Post »mcpbob
Posted on January 1, 2011 at 7:51amFor Full Nudity we have to go to the nearest security check in our Airports…..
Report Post »cykonas
Posted on January 1, 2011 at 7:12amAnother case of government overregulation! In the middle of a terrible recession, these ladies are probably already struggling, and now this!
Report Post »freightliner1160
Posted on January 1, 2011 at 8:57amStrugling? I didn’t see anything in there about bondage. HHmm.
Report Post »MeteoricLimbo
Posted on January 1, 2011 at 5:23amoh the humanity
Report Post »BoilitDown
Posted on January 1, 2011 at 4:23amThey have to make sure and “cover their A$$” to stay out of jail.
Report Post »Well….somebody was gonna say it sooner or later. Sorry if I made you groan.
espnfx
Posted on January 1, 2011 at 3:20amI found it kinda funny that the website for the station that’s doing a story about a strip club is WOODTV.com. Yeah, I’m immature and sophomoric.
Report Post »Sergio Q
Posted on January 1, 2011 at 1:19pmnahhhh , I thought you were observant & rather witty!!
Report Post »hkyfan36
Posted on January 1, 2011 at 5:47pmYea and its channel 8 on regular tv but 69 on cable
Report Post »DMD
Posted on January 1, 2011 at 2:26amOne more reason to leave MI………****** covers :-(
Report Post »Skwerl E. Muckenfutch
Posted on January 1, 2011 at 10:40amBahahahahahaaaaaa…damn near peed reading that.
Report Post »ivy524
Posted on January 1, 2011 at 2:22amIs there a problem where the girls go out on the street where “Families and Children” are exposed to nudity? There aren’t even windows in the building, so how does the nudity hurt anyone? Lady Councilwoman, if you’re offended, the solution is simple. Just don’t go in there.
Report Post »HairyMark
Posted on January 1, 2011 at 4:40amMary is so mean , and how does she get from boobies to murder?
Report Post »betterthantv
Posted on January 1, 2011 at 8:43amAmen!
Report Post »Ialmostforgot
Posted on January 1, 2011 at 8:44amFinding pube hairs in her beer that night really set her off!
Report Post »Speak without Fear
Posted on January 1, 2011 at 9:58amHappen to agree…..its an adult club. Everyone that goes in there are adults and they enter the club of their own free will. The building was obviously built for privacy-so you cannot see in.
Your right….you cannot legislate morality. Mary needs to keep on walking and hush the talking.
Report Post »Workforit
Posted on January 1, 2011 at 1:43amThe shame… The horror…. The stupidity….
Happy New Year!
Report Post »dontbotherme
Posted on January 1, 2011 at 6:29pmha … :D
Report Post »dontbotherme
Posted on January 1, 2011 at 1:41amYou guys are so funny. :) Now behave.
Report Post »Workforit
Posted on January 1, 2011 at 1:47amBehave????? Now where is the fun in that?….(just askin)….
Report Post »conservativeme
Posted on January 1, 2011 at 1:30amHappy Nude Year!
Report Post »loveoursoldiers
Posted on January 1, 2011 at 10:18amI get it.. that‘s Kalamazoo’s way of keeping terrorists out of their town! very smart
Report Post »Bamahillbilly
Posted on January 1, 2011 at 1:24amumm“ uh” uhhh” Happy New Year!
Report Post »loveoursoldiers
Posted on January 1, 2011 at 10:13amIs “The King’s Speech” about Bammy?
Such a heartfelt NYD message from our king.from his million dollar + vacation in Hawaii. My NY resolution is’ to look forward to a year of everyone working together on my agenda which is the right thing to do for the middle class..( yeah I’m just like them ya know except I WON)
after all they ( middle class.. ahemmm you know who I mean) were oppressed for so many years that luckily for them I was anointed and have become their savior and ……… ( oops.. rambling I know.. couldn’t help myself for adding what went unsaid but understood by anyone with a brain.. which leaves out most libs)
look at that.. already broke my NY resolution not to listen to anything the great orater (TOTUS) has to say
Report Post »bigdog71360
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 1:22pmerrr, ahh, thank ……you
Report Post »Multiple Arms
Posted on January 1, 2011 at 1:22amThis is a senseless tragedy. My heart is breaking.
Thank goodness the internet is full of porn…. Hey! Why am I here?
Report Post »Workforit
Posted on January 1, 2011 at 1:45amOh… yeah… right…. sorry… I have breaster places to be!
Report Post »CatB
Posted on January 1, 2011 at 1:58amSo does that mean that for full nudity they will have to go to the Deja Vu in Lansing? I didn’t even know there was one in Kalamazoo .. but there are billboards in Lansing for one with the same name — so I guess I am assuming it’s a “chain”. Poor boys … having to drive all that way.
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on January 1, 2011 at 3:17amNo boobs in Kalamazoo! At least where you can see them.
Report Post »Cliff
Posted on January 1, 2011 at 4:12amwell at least it will smell better in there… I’m just sayin… HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! LOL
Report Post »Rob
Posted on January 1, 2011 at 6:47amProbably not for long…. the long arm of the government is going to control it all soon.
Report Post »guyperram
Posted on January 1, 2011 at 7:26amYou know if they are real hard up they could go to the local library and view porn.
Report Post »Maxxwell Maddingly
Posted on January 1, 2011 at 7:44amYep, soon the only place you will be able to see nudity is when the TSA develope the negative pics of your Mother, sister, daughter and wife… “Leaked”[yeah, right] onto the internet. Government funded Porn and Child porn… Sad frigging country we have here, isn’t it???
Report Post »MiketheTrucker
Posted on January 1, 2011 at 8:37amWhat do you bet the ACLU will be all over this, and yet they couldn’t have cared less about the full body scanners from TSA.
Report Post »BlueStrat
Posted on January 1, 2011 at 8:44amI live in Kalamazoo. Used to be a great center for music, blues in particular, and still struggles to be. Between all the constantly-rising costs of business taxes, licenses, permits, variances, and other fees at the state, city/municipal/township, county, and federal levels, plus the recent smoking ban to cripple what’s left, many venues for live music have closed.
As far as the push here locally against adult activities of many kinds including exotic dance clubs, the answer is really quite simple:
When it comes to exploiting human weaknesses, racketeering, soaking people for money, and anything obscene or corrupt, the government *hates* competition.
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on January 1, 2011 at 9:00am“It’s for the kids and families” ……. Like Daddy won’t drive to the next town
Report Post »Xcori8r
Posted on January 1, 2011 at 9:09amI say that God gave us all the right to be naked at birth and no government can change that.
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on January 1, 2011 at 11:00amwhat No pictures of this event ?
Report Post »and you call yourselves reporters ?
snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
Posted on January 1, 2011 at 11:15amOh how I can imagine the jokes of a place called Deja Vu within a land of Kalamazoo!!!
http://www.artinphoenix.com/gallery/grimm
Report Post »rfycom
Posted on January 1, 2011 at 11:23amWith multiple arms who the hell needs a woman. If I had multiple arms I could sip beer without missing a stroke.
Dustoff
Posted on January 1, 2011 at 5:16pmHAHAHAHA, OK after that statement I need a drink.
Report Post »Make it JD please.
Multiple Arms
Posted on January 1, 2011 at 9:53pm@ RFYCOM
Did I have my webcam on? Oops… sorry.
Report Post »Noonien_Soong
Posted on January 2, 2011 at 12:54pmI had to go over the state line to liberal Mass. to see what I want to see. It’s been awhile, I may need to go back again.
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