Reporting from Dale, Indiana, AP says that Circuit Judge Wayne Roell has upheld Spencer County’s adult-use zoning. Adult businesses may not operate within 1,000 feet of churches, schools and residences. Cincinnati attorney H. Louis Sirkin, considered one of the most experienced obscenity trial attorneys in the country, argued the county’s ordinance was unconstitutional. Judge Roell […]
The Republican: “Web serves as great resource for activists”
The March 15 Republican reports on the growth of blogs and websites for local activism. Daryl LaFleur posts public documents at Paradise City Forum so people can review them and “come to their own conclusions,” without having to troop down to City Hall. Granby resident Mark Bail hosts Granby01033, a blog to bring more attention […]
Interview with Ex-Porn Star Traci Lords: Abused as a Child; High on the Set; Power, Not Arousal; Bad Pay
Larry King interviewed Traci Lords on CNN in 2003. Lords was born in 1968 under the name Nora Louise Kuzma. According to Wikipedia, Lords “achieved notoriety for her underage appearances in pornographic films and Penthouse magazine (she was 16 years old in her first film).” LORDS: …I started going by Traci Lords in 1984, and […]
Many Porn Shops with Viewing Booths Likely Fall Short of OSHA Standards
NPN has been corresponding with a former employee of a porn shop with viewing booths. Considering that semen is routinely found on viewing booth surfaces, this person suspected and confirmed that the porn shop was not in full compliance with OSHA regulations on working with bodily fluids. Responding to a recent inquiry, OSHA wrote: Your […]
Capital Video Springfield: Secondary Effects Extend to Prostitution; Actions the City Can Take
On March 7, we relayed a report from Urban Compass that Capital Video’s Springfield porn shop was inhibiting revitalization in its neighborhood, most notably by discouraging countless grocery store prospects.Urban Compass followed up yesterday with more details of the secondary effects of this porn shop…Developer Leon Charkoudian, real estate broker Fred Rowe, and property manager […]
Certified Sex Therapist Marty Klein Wants You to Believe Porn Is Harmless
Many adult industry lawyers like Marc Randazza are not content to defend their clients on narrow constitutional grounds. They could say, for example, that yes this material is reprehensible but we must protect it so that more worthy speech will not be threatened. Instead, they apparently want you to believe that porn and the lifestyles […]
Anti-Porn Billboards Across America
The adult industry has certainly peppered the American landscape with come-hither billboards, as they know well in Hartford, but apparently the other side has put up a few as well, a tiny step to balance a badly distorted national discourse. Here’s a quick tour: Anti-Porn Billboards Pop Up Around Jacksonville on Valentine’s DayBillboards around the […]
King and Queen of MoPornNorthampton Savagery Do Freelance Work for Republican, MassLive (explicit language)
[Updated on June 11, 2007] As those who have visited opposition blog MoPornNorthampton are aware, Jeff Hobbs, Jennifer Ruggieri and their associates have engaged in savage personal attacks on Northampton anti-porn citizens for months. These self-styled heroes of free speech actually suppress it by fostering an atmosphere of fear and intimidation, inducing many citizens to […]
Visitors to NoPornNorthampton Website Outnumber Those of Local Newspaper Website
[Revised and updated on May 30, 2007] For the first time, an independent web measurement service estimates that NoPornNorthampton.org receives more monthly unique US visitors than GazetteNet.com, a website of Northampton’s local newspaper, the Daily Hampshire Gazette. (The Gazette also serves some visitors as DailyHampshireGazette.com.) Quantcast estimates that NoPornNorthampton is now receiving 12,629 monthly unique […]
Capital Video’s Springfield Porn Shop Repels Sought-After Businesses
Capital Video’s Springfield porn shop continues to be the WMass exemplar for secondary effects. In January we noted how the Springfield police have issues with drug sales and lewd activity around the premises. Now Valley Advocate blog Urban Compass reports that the shop repels businesses that developers are trying to bring to the area: Developer […]