Last night, the City Commissioners of Lead, SD voted once again by a vote of 3-2 to allow Adult Oriented Businesses (AOB’s) in the City of Lead. Once again the City Commissioners chose to overrule the clear choice of the citizens of Lead to prevent AOB’s from operating in their town.
The people of Lead are determined and resourceful and I suspect this is not the end of this fight to preserve decency in their town.
Well, thank goodness that our city’s finest voted down the strip club on the main street in lead, no thanks to our commissioners……
There is a lot of misuse of power in many ( voted in city representatives) I realize that it is a small town, however, we need order in our city. Right now as we speak our beloved city chief, who suffered a mild heart attack has a police officer filling in. Mind you Lead has no internal investigations. This person spends hours a week on city payroll inside a fairly new tattoo shop??????? I actually have been dictating the days and times this guy on duty is inside???? What could he possibly be doing, and who is running our police dept!
The Mayor of Lead clarified his “no” vote in todays paper. He thinks the issue should be decided by a vote of the people. Amen to that. I suspect the fundamentalists who pressured the city council to deny the ordinance fear the majority of the citizens of Lead will support the new ordinance which allows nude dancing. They were trying to circumvent the democratic process and our Constitution, in a failed effort to further their religious agenda.
How is it that the people showed en masse to oppose this ordinance and the City Council forged ahead with imposing their will instead of heeding the people and when the people embark on a challenge to the edict imposed that they are vilified by the likes of you? The people are not “circumventing the democratic process” they are pursuing the democratic process. You apparently see a problem with people standing up for their beliefs and morality but no problem in the exploitation of women and its incumbent moral decay.
How many people were there? Was there a legal vote on the issue? Of course not, and that’s how the democratic process is circumvented. A group of people show up to protest, then you claim it’s the “will of the people” the ordinance shouldn’t be passed.
And ” the exploitation of women and its incumbent moral decay” is far from a reasonable conclusion, it is your opinion. Show us one impartial study or other reasonable thought process leading to the conclusion that exotic dancing leads to ” the exploitation of women and moral decay.” It seems to me like the men are being exploited (willingly) by the dancers, or women in the profession.
So, yes I have a problem with you declaring nude dancing is immoral, leads to moral decay, isn’t decent, and so on because of your religious valaues. Your values have no business in anyone eles’e business. Take care of your own house, and have the character to accept the will of the people should they vote against you on this issue.
Were you there? There was a “legal vote” by the Council. The rest of your verbage is your opinion. Show me a study to support your opinion. “Your values have no business in anyone eles’e (sic) business. Take care of your own house, and have the character to accept the will of the people should they vote against you on this issue.”
The council voted to approve the ordinance so it could go to a vote of the people. Don’t you get that? It would have been wrong for them to listen to a vocal minority and reject the proposed ordinance. This way the people get to set the morals for their community, not a few religious extremists.
It’s as I suspected. It appears as if fundamentalists have picked nude dancing in Lead as a scapegoat, just like they did the Harry Potter novels ten years ago. Best of luck to you.
The council voted to approve the ordinance. I’m continually amazed at your skill to ascertain people’s motives. The council voted to approve the ordinance. Votes speak loudly and they are the only things that count.
I could show you the Constitution, and the Establishment Clause, and scores of Supreme Court decisions affirming that doctrine, the separation of church and state.
The Council knew if they rejected the ordinance they’d be speaking for only a portion of the people, and it wouldn’t go to a vote by the people. By approving the ordinance they assumed the vocal minority ( my opinion) would gather enough signatures to place the issue on the ballot, thereby ensuring the will of the majority would prevail through the electoral process. It was the correct thing to do.
I’m so glad we have you to rationalize for us.
So, do you think the majority of the citizens of Lead will support or oppose the ordinance? That’s the “bottom line” in this issue, It’s going to a vote of the people.
It appears that this ordinance will go to a vote of citizens of Lead and it is my belief that the ordinance will be soundly defeated. We’ll see.
Don’t be so sure. Fundamentalists didn’t think gambling would work in Deadwood.
We’ll see.
Deadwood should legalize prostitution, like some counties and cities in Vegas have. Talk about demand, and lots of tax dollars!
Ah, yes tax dollars……that which you can use to control others.
Or in your case, tax free dollars. Churches should be taxed.
Should synagogues be taxed as well? Taxation of any houses of worship would lead to control of them. There should be no interference or control of the worship of God by government.
Keep us posted. I do not believe your claim there is a “clear choice of the people” wishing to violate our Constitution by discriminating against a specific business.
“Preserve decency?” Is drinking “decent?” Domestic violence? Smoking? Drug use? Violent crime? Child abuse? Adult magazines and videos? Lead and every other community in the Hills has all the above, and then some. Perhaps you need to define “decency,” then demonstrate how this business would eliminate or compromise “decency” in Lead or any other community. Or is this business merely a scapegoat for your un-Constitutional fundamentalist agenda?