Capital Video’s Amazing.net porn shop in Kittery, Maine has been a hot topic of conversion on squirt.org, “your neighborhood cruising guide”. Squirt’s profile of the site gives directions and “hours” of 10am – 1am. Who goes there? “Married guys looking for head and those who provide it.” Here are some (graphic) comments about the site […]
Secondary Effects
Capital Video’s Porn Shops Get Many Comments from the “Cruisers” at Squirt.org
There are websites where men looking for anonymous sex make lists of good “cruising” spots across the USA. One example is squirt.org, “your neighborhood cruising guide”. On this site (which has explicit photos), we notice that the Amazing.net store is one of the two “cruising” locations listed for Kittery, Maine. This listing has 56 comments, […]
Des Moines, WA: Adult Uses Cause Business Failures, Scare People Away
“Over the years, there has been a great deal of objection by Des Moines area residents to adult uses and the showing of adult movies in the community. The City has hundreds of letters and petition signatures on file objecting to these uses dated from 1974 to the present. These letters and petitions represent over […]
What You Can Expect to Find in Your Average Peep Show Booth (explicit)
From the report of the Attorney General’s Commission on Pornography (1986). The bracketed numbers refer to footnotes in the report. Inside the booths the viewer may see approximately two minutes of the movie for twenty-five cents.[2159] As the number of sexually explicit scenes or diversity of sexual acts increase, the viewing time decreases.[2160] Tokens or […]
The Condition of Houston Peep Show Booths
From the report of the Attorney General’s Commission on Pornography (1986): As part of the public hearings conducted in Houston, Texas, the Attorney General’s Commission on Pornography toured three of the fifty “adults only” pornographic outlets operating in that city. The Commissioners were accompanied on this tour by several detectives from the Houston City Police […]
Peep Shows: “Generally unsanitary”, “frequent sexual activity is apparent”; Porn industry connected to organized crime
From the report of the Attorney General’s Commission on Pornography (1986): …Increasingly, however, the peep show, often combined with an outlet for the sale of pornographic books and magazines, is a major form of meeting consumer demand. The typical peep show is located on the premises of an “adults only” establishment selling large numbers of […]
Blaine, Washington Compels Existing Adult Business to Move or Shut
Many people have the impression that once an adult business establishes itself, the city’s hands are tied. This is not true, at least in Washington State. In the city of Blaine, councilors successfully compelled an existing adult business to move away from downtown or close. Eventually the business closed. These articles tell the story:“Council will […]
Impact of Porn Shops on a Community
From the Report of the Minnesota Attorney General’s Working Group on the Regulation of Sexually Oriented Businesses (1989): “The Working Group heard testimony that a concentration of sexually oriented businesses has serious impacts upon the surrounding neighborhood. The Working Group heard that pornographic materials are left in adjacent lots. One person reported to the police […]
What Kittery Found at the Porn Shop
From the minutes of a meeting of the Kittery Town Council, February 27, 2006 (emphasis added): a. (020206-1) THE KITTERY TOWN COUNCIL MOVES TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON AND HEREBY ORDAINS CHAPTER 5.40, AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING LICENSES FOR VIEWING BOOTHS OF ADULT ENTERTAINMENT ESTABLISHMENTS. …Police Chief Strong came forward and said everyone was aware […]
Kittery, Maine Compels Capital Video Outlet to Alter Viewing Booths
June 2006 – Portsmouth Herald (Maine) – “…Kittery recently passed an ordinance that requires the owners of Amazing.net, located on Route 236, to remove the doors from the viewing booths. Once again, the ordinance was based on public health concerns because – just as had happened in Portsmouth – officials found semen on the walls […]