Capital Video must close the porn viewing booths at its Springfield store, Mayor Charles V. Ryan ruled on November 20. The store is located at Apremont Triangle. NoPornNorthampton mailed over 1,700 letters to this neighborhood on April 30. We asked residents to encourage the Mayor to address problems caused by this store.Northampton attorney Thomas Lesser tried […]
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AP: “Widespread Teacher Sexual Misconduct Reported” (explicit language)
In October, The Associated Press announced it had “found more than 2,500 cases over five years in which educators were punished for actions from bizarre to sadistic.” The actual incidence of abuse is likely to be much greater, as “most of the abuse never gets reported,” and “those cases reported often end with no action.” One […]
Local Buzz: “The sex talk”
This month’s Local Buzz, a sister publication of The Republican, publishes “The sex talk: The Valley’s struggle with porn, the left, elitism, and an industry leaning local”. Reporter Bill Peters talks to various personalities around the valley about their experience with the issue.Peters speaks with a few former porn performers who have had relatively positive experiences with […]
Rick Porras, Capital Video Executive, Would Rather You Not Know He Is a Pornographer (explicit language)
Rick Porras is Executive Director of Operations and Business Affairs at Met-Cap Management. Met-Cap is one of the several affiliates and aliases under which porn studio Metro and adult chain Capital Video conduct business. Here is how Mr. Porras’s bio reads at LinkedIn, a business networking site. You will not find the words “porn” or “adult” anywhere in […]
Letter to Gazette: “Porn store is going to have a bad effect on children”
Today’s Gazette publishes a letter from Jessica Grant of Northampton: Driving my children down Summer Street to Market Street as I do several times a week I was disturbed to see a brightly colored sign adorned with stars on the soon-to-be-open porn store on King Street…At what age would a child be able to type […]
Capital Video Founder Bankrolls Strongheart Pictures, Whitewashes Porn Background
Kenneth Guarino founded Capital Video in 1979. The company claims it is “the largest adult retail chain in the nation.” While Guarino presumably still enjoys the profits from his porn shops and adult movie studio (Metro), exploiting women and men sexually and blighting communities appear to have become boring. Even as early as 1994, Guarino told The […]
The Republican: “Adult video shop advances”
The Republican checked in with Capital Video on the status of their porn shop at 135 King Street, still undergoing renovations. The newspaper reports today: Lesley S. Rich, a lawyer for the video store, said there “was a lot of utility work on the building” that contractors needed permits for. “It’s a little slow,” he said. […]
An Account of the Working Conditions at Capital Video Headquarters
When Capital Video seeks employees–say, a Technical Support Specialist–here is how it presents itself on Monster (January 2007): Met-Cap Management, LLC has an exciting job opportunity available immediately. If you have the desire and skills to help us grow, along with a strong team and service orientation, then Met-Cap Management, LLC may be the place […]
Which One of These Does Not Belong on Downtown King Street?
NPN walked around King Street today and took these pictures. Capital Video’s renovations at 135 King Street are ongoing. Their distinctive blue signs went up this week.See also:Satellite photo shows schools, churches near 135 King StreetSatellite photo shows homes surrounding 135 King StreetWalk Into Something Wonderful (explicit language)“I certainly, will be taking other walking routes […]
Downstreet: “Citizen-Lawyers Battle Porn Shop Just a Block Away From Home”
Mike Kirby and Lu Stone are residents of Summer Street with a full-on view of Capital Video’s prospective King Street porn shop. In January they appealed the Northampton Planning Board’s approval of Capital Video’s site plan. While not a party to this appeal, NoPornNorthampton publicized it with a press release: The goal of the couple’s […]