Detroit Adult Entertainment: Detroit area First Amendment battle spills into state Senate
October 23, 2009 at 3:25 pm | In Detroit adult entertainment | No CommentsA neighborhood battle over a billboard for an adult entertainment facility in Detroit has spilled into the state Senate.
A report in the Macomb Daily says Sen. Hunter Tupac, a Detroit Democrat, has introduce legislation which will limit what can appear on billboard advertisements for adult entertainment locations such as bars, ‘gentleman’s clubs,’ and the likes. Under Hunter’s legislation, the businesses would be limited to providing the name, address, telephone number and hours of operation. The businesses would not be allowed to have images on the billboards.
The legislation is being co-sponsored Detroit Democrat Hansen Clarke.
Neighbors of an area off 8 Mile say the offender in this situation is the Penthouse Gentlemen Club.
“We are fighting to keep our community safe,” said [Mary] Little [former president of the neighborhood group]. “Our neighborhood is turning into a Las Vegas strip and we don’t want it invaded by pictures of women with their breasts hanging out.”
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