Detroit Strip Clubs: Council weighs ban on ‘pay-to-play’
June 23, 2009 at 4:24 am | In Detroit strip clubs | No Comments… Alabama banker Donald V. Watkins claimed then-city treasurer Jeff Beasley pressured him to donate $100,000 to then-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s legal fund in exchange for a $15 million pension investment in his now-failed airline.
• Two officials with ties to Synagro — local partner Rayford Jackson and James Rosendall, a former vice president based in Grand Rapids — pleaded guilty to conspiracy to bribery. The City Council approved the sludge deal 5-4 after at least one member switched her vote. A handful of council members have been contacted by the FBI, but none has been charged.
• A strip club owner has accused Sam Riddle, a onetime aide to Councilwoman Monica Conyers, of seeking $25,000 to allow the establishment to open. Riddle denies the accusations. Conyers also faces claims of taking jewelry valued at $40,000 from a jewelry store whose owner wanted the city to ease restrictions that he said would make his business more difficult. Conyers has declined to comment.
Detroit Escorts: Corktown neighbors worry as sheriff seeks bar sale OK
June 23, 2009 at 1:13 am | In Detroit escorts | No CommentsNext Friday, Evans is scheduled to be in court as he tries to get court approval to sell the troubled bar — once named Porter Street Station — that was shut down by deputies in 2007 on claims it operated as an unlicensed after-hours joint featuring illegal drugs, booze and prostitutes.
Neighbors are also meeting next week to make sure whatever happens next, a nuisance doesn’t return.
Since 2007, a judge has barred Evans from opening, selling or even removing equipment from the bar at 1400 Porter after the property was named in a forfeiture suit filed by Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy. Worthy also sought $3,646 that was seized when law enforcement raided the place Feb. 4, 2007.
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Neighbors complained to police about naked women dancing, prostitution, hundreds of cars, litter and drunken visitors in an otherwise quiet corner of Detroit.
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